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Harbor patrol outlines rising medical calls, recent boat fires and new fees for non-emergency tows
Summary
Harbor Patrol presented quarterly and year-end 2025 statistics showing medical aids and vessel distress leading call volume, described a December boat explosion ruled accidental, and said the department is charging for routine, non-emergency tows while installing a fire pump on a patrol vessel.
Kurt Mahoney, a harbor-patrol leader, told the Redondo Beach Harbor Commission on Feb. 9 that medical-aid calls and vessels-in-distress accounted for the largest share of harbor responses in late 2025 and that the department is shifting routine workload to paid services to preserve emergency capacity.
"For Q3, we had 232 calls total in the harbor, with 86 of those emergency response," Mahoney said, adding that medical aids top the list of call types. He later summarized annual activity and stressed coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and Los Angeles County lifeguards for serious incidents.
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