User:Geo Swan/fireboats in Louisville, Kentucky
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As a significant inland river port the city has operated fireboats in Louisville. Louisville acquired its first fireboat in 1934.[1]
Louisville acquired a new fireboat in 2010, with 75 percent of the cost met by a FEMA Port Security Grant.[2] The new boat rescued a swimmer, shortly after her commissioning.
On July 18, 2018, one of the city's fireboats sank at her moorings, after a big storm.[3]
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John E. Kleber (2015). "Encyclopedia of Louisville". Retrieved 2018-08-04.
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"Louisville gets new fire boat". 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
The Louisville Fire Department has a new tool in its firefighting arsenal: a $400,000 fire and rescue boat. About 75 percent of the money used to purchase the watercraft came from homeland security grant money provided through the federal Port Security and Urban Area Security Initiative.
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Connie Leonard (2018-07-25). "Louisville Fire boat recovered after sinking in Ohio River during storm". Wave3. Louisville, Kentucky. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
Weighing 19,000 pounds, it took four and a half hours for crews to bring the boat to the surface.
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