Report: D.C.'s emergency river rescue boat 'obsolete'

The District’s only rescue boat capable of handling large-scale emergencies is obsolete and its upkeep has been neglected, putting the nation’s capital more at risk than other major cities if terrorists attack on the water, a report obtained by The Washington Examiner has concluded.

And city officials are not taking steps to fill that gap in area security, according to a preliminary report from the Office of the Inspector General. The city’s Fire and Emergency Services Department “apparently has neither a plan for how it will replace the [50-year-old boat] nor a timetable for doing so,” the report said.