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Anacortes accepts gifts to keep rescue boat and add FLIR to new fireboat
Summary
The City Council accepted an outboard motor donation (North Harbor Diesel, >$19,000) to keep an aging rescue boat in service and unanimously approved a $25,000 HF Sinclair gift to add a FLIR thermal camera to a new fireboat purchased with a $700,000 port security grant.
Anacortes City Council on Feb. 9 accepted two private donations intended to keep the city’s marine rescue capability operational and to restore a forward‑looking infrared (FLIR) camera to a new fireboat.
Chief Beyer told the council Marine 29, the city’s current rescue boat, is about 30 years old and had required frequent repairs; North Harbor Diesel donated a replacement outboard and covered parts and labor, a contribution the chief said totaled “over $19,000.” He also described a separate HF Sinclair community‑giving award of $25,000…
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