San Diego Harbor Police
The San Diego Harbor Police is an agency that provides both law enforcement and fire fighting services on the shores of San Diego Bay, in Southern California.[1][2] Multiple municipalities, including San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, and Coronada, access the bay. All these municipalities have separate shore-based fire and police departments.
All officers in the Harbor Police are also fully trained Marine firefighters.[3]
The agency's fleet currently consists of five identical fireboats, propelled by waterjets.[1][2][3][4] Purchase of the fireboats was assisted by FEMA port security grants. These vessels were commissioned in 2010 and 2011.
The San Diego Lifeguard Service also operates a fleet of fireboats.[5][6][6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Vessels Boost Ability To Fight Fires On The Bay, KGTV, 2010-11-22. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. “When compared to the boats in use for the past 35 years, the newer vessels can shoot water farther and out of three cannons instead of just one.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 R Stickney. Fire Destroys Yacht on Harbor Island, NBC San Diego, 2013-12-16. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. “Two San Diego Harbor Police boats used water cannons and foam to extinguish the fire around 12:30 p.m. Monday.”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bob Duemmel (2013-03-12). San Diego Harbor Police Provides Fire, Rescue Protection on Water. Firehouse magazine. Archived from [https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/technical-rescue/confined-space/article/10891911/san-diego-harbor-police-provides-fire-rescue-protection-on-water https://www.cnic.navy.mil/content/dam/cnic/cnrsw/NBSD/5450.8Q.pdf#page=69 the original] on 2022-07-14. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. “The San Diego Harbor Police Department (HPD) has a distinction that most law enforcement agencies don’t have: marine firefighters. All of their law officers are cross-trained to meet the standards of a marine firefighter. Initially, officers are put through a four-week, in-house training program, which qualifies them as Marine Firefighters.”
- ↑ Fireboats: San Diego Harbor, Cape Cod Fireboats. Retrieved on 2022-07-14. mirror
- ↑ Fireboats: San Diego Lifeguards, CA, Cape Cod Fireboats. Retrieved on 2022-07-14. mirror
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kevin L. Faulconer. Mayor Faulconer and Council President Lightner Christen New Lifeguard Fireboat to Make Waterfront Safer for Residents and Tourists Alike: State-of-the-Art Vessel Doubles the Firefighting Capability of Previous Boat, City of San Diego, 2015-06-26. Retrieved on 2022-07-14. mirror
- ↑ Ashley Jacobs. New fire boat gives San Diego lifeguards advantage, KFMB, 2015-06-26. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. “Several local leaders gathered Friday to christen Marine 3, which is a lifeguard fire boat. It will be used for many jobs, including rescue missions and support in fighting fires.”
- ↑ Michael P. Rich. San Diego Harbor Police, Arcadia Publishing, 2014. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.
- ↑ Department History, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved on 2015-06-28. “In 1919, the San Diego Fire Department christened the first gasoline powered fire boat in the world. The boat, the "Bill Kettner" was built from the keel up at the San Diego Fire Department shop, by firefighters.”