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Risky waters and the Portsmouth fire water rescue limits
In Portsmouth a shoreline fire protection program faces funding and equipment gaps. The Fire Department defends harbor and riverfront with two aging marine units and seeks a federal grant to replace them with a 28 foot fiberglass boat to ensure year round water rescue and firefighting capacity amid Coast Guard shifts and funding constraints.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Fire Department
Portsmouth Harbor
Christopher LeClaire
Piscataqua River
Schiller Station
Sagamore Creek
Stephen Achilles
Salt Pier
Tim Collins
New Castle
Greenland
Newington
Rye
Dover
Bow Street
Irving Oil
Atlantic Heights
Schiller Plant
Newington Station
Sprague Oil
Simplex
Sea-3
Coast Guard
Collins
Central Station
Station 1
Sea Ox
Gulf of Maine
LeClaire
State Department of Transportation