FEMA awards Oakland Fire Department $825K grant to purchase new fireboat

by Staff, Bay City News August 5, 2021August 3, 2021

Oakland's previous fireboat, the Sea Wolf, is seen in an undated image. The vessel was decommissioned in 2003 and is currently moored near Oakland Fire Department Station 2 near Jack London Square. The department will soon receive a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase a new fireboat as part of FEMA's Port Security Grant Program. (Photo courtesy of Gene Anderson/Our Oakland via LocalWiki)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded the Oakland Fire Department with a $825,000 port security grant to support the purchase of a new fireboat.

The grant money will be used to purchase a long-awaited emergency response vessel that will be housed in the Oakland Estuary adjacent to Fire Station 2 in Jack London Square.

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