Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol receives new patrol/fireboat

The vessel, “will provide the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol with an ideal platform geared towards marine law enforcement, emergency medical response, ocean rescue, marine firefighting, search and rescue and emergency towing operations,” said Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol Harbor Master, Nathan Alldredge.

The harbor patrol is the primary emergency response for the city’s harbor, marina, beaches and wharf. Its area of responsibility extends to the near coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean from Santa Barbara Point to Loon Point and out to three miles.