Fireboats in Connecticut

Various seaside municipalities operate fireboats in Connecticut. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001 several municipalities received grants from the US Federal government to build fireboats, so they would be prepared for a maritime terrorist attack.[1][2][3]

fireboats in Connecticut

image	name	homeport	entered service	retired	notes
		Branford	2007		Locally built.[4]
		Bridgeport	2007		A 28 foot (8.5 m) Metalcraft Firebrand.[4]
		Bridgeport	2013		A 33 foot (10 m) Safe Boats Defender.[4]
	Nathan Hale	New Haven			A 36 foot (11 m) MetalCraft Marine Firestorm.[4]
	City of Stamford	Stamford	2013		A 32 foot (9.8 m) MetalCraft FireStorm.[4]
	Harry E. Brewer	Norwalk	199?		Acquired used.[4]
	Robert L. Bedell	Norwalk	2012		Named after a heroic local firefighter who died in 2004.[1]
	Joseph B. Herman II	Mystic,	2012		Replaced an older vessel.[2][3]

References

1. Andrew Brophy (2012-11-27). "Firefighter's legacy lives on in new 'fast and nimble' fire boat". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved 2014-10-23. The Norwalk Fire Department's new 42-foot fire boat, acquired through a $600,000 grant from the federal Department of Homeland Security, is named after Bedell, who received a Commendation of Heroism for the rescue of an unconscious victim from a house fire in 1986.
2. Shirwell Bree (2012-07-27). "Mystic Fire Department Receives New Fireboat: The new fireboat replaces a smaller 40 plus year-old boat that the department acquired second hand". Groton Patch. Retrieved 2014-10-23. The 32-foot boat replaces a smaller 40-plus-year-old boat that the department acquired second hand and used for more than 20 years. Funding for the fireboat came from the national Port Security Grant Program. Deputy Chief Tony Manfredi wrote the grant application.
3. Greg Smith (2014-09-21). "After Sept. 11, port security a regional priority". New London, Connecticut: Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-10-23. The money obtained through the grants has paid for equipment ranging from surveillance cameras and fences at State Pier in New London to patrol boats for police and fire departments, such as a $700,000 state-of-the-art firefighting boat at the Mystic Fire Department.
4. Britton W. Crosby (2014-07-22). "Connecticut boats". CapeCodFD. Retrieved 2014-10-24.