VIDEO: This search and rescue boat is the newest addition to the Suamico Fire Department's toolbox. I'm your Suamico neighborhood reporter Pari Apostolakos here to show you all the bells and whistles.
Lt. Scott Legois gave me a tour of the boat at the Suamico fire station.
"Chief has been trying to get us something for probably the last eight years," Lt. Legois said. "I mean, this wasn't something that we just thought of."
And it's all thanks to donors.
Suamico Fire Chief Joe Bertler told me over the phone he asked people in the community if they'd be interested in helping the department buy something like this.
Bertler says one couple, that wants to remain anonymous, covered the cost of the $250,000 vessel.
The new boat has two 150 horsepower motors, a navigation system, a thermal imaging camera, and life jackets that inflate on their own.