摘要: |
What's the difference between an emergency response vessel (ERV) and a patrol boat? Patrol boats do exactly what their name suggests - they patrol. They are designed to keep bad things from happening, acting as a deterrent. ERVs answer emergency calls, including firefighting. They don't keep bad actors from doing what they do. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, scores of small patrol and emergency response craft were built throughout the U.S., many of which were partially or mostly funded by the federal government. Metropolitan areas which previously could not afford to build a new patrol boat or ERV suddenly had the money. And shipyards that could build these vessels suddenly saw that part of their businesses grow exponentially. |