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On call / Patriot Airboats
Rescue boats for flood streets, sandbars, marsh and ice, where a boat with a prop under it can't go. Built in Vidor, Texas.
Rescue log / April 13, 2026
A Waller County constable's Patriot reached a person stranded on a river sandbar near I-10 and brought them back to EMS.
Read the full storyAustin County asks Waller County Sheriff's Office for help: a possible person and kayak in the Brazos River near I-10.
Units arrive and hear someone calling for help from the river.
Waller County Office of Emergency Management calls for airboat support.
Constable Justin Lane and Deputy Lewis of Waller County Constable's Office Pct. 1 launch their Patriot, WCAB-1.
Texas DPS Aerial Operations spots the person on a sandbar.
The airboat crew reaches the kayaker and brings both the person and the kayak aboard.
The crew hands off to waiting deputies and EMS.
Agencies on the call: Waller County, Austin County, Texas DPS Air Operations and EMS.
Nothing hangs below a Patriot's hull, so it runs where props and lower units stop.
Federal record
| 2025 | 5 boatsNot competed, 1 offer | 70Z03126PALAM0006 |
| 2026 | 3 boatsSmall business set-aside, 4 offers | 70Z02926PGALV0013 |
| 2025 | Train-the-trainer courseOperator training | 70Z03126PALAM0010 |
California fire rescue crews used a Patriot to reach a dog stranded in a bay where shallow water and a rough shoreline kept other boats back. They brought the dog aboard and returned it to shore.
Read the storyNeed a boat before storm season? Call 409-422-0006 or email faron@patriotairboats.com.
Nothing hangs below the hull, so an airboat runs on shallow water, flooded streets, marsh, mud and ice where a prop boat can't. A Waller County crew used their Patriot to reach a kayaker on a Brazos River sandbar at night.
Read the rescue logThe U.S. Coast Guard has bought eight Patriots on two federal orders. County constables and fire rescue crews run them too.
Yes. Cabin boats are part of the Coast Guard's Patriot fleet, and the shop builds them to an agency's spec.
Crew size, gear and the water you cover decide it. Patriot builds hulls from 16 to 26 feet and special sizes or multi-motor boats to an agency's spec.
Airboat sizes explainedThrough open bids, grants, small business set-asides or a direct order. Patriot is registered in SAM.gov (UEI K3QVDQEP7KA9, CAGE 948Q4).
Fleet procurement deskOnce your turn in line has come, it takes 17 days to build an airboat. Every boat gets a check sheet and a water test under load before it ships.
Yes. Patriot ran a train-the-trainer course for the Coast Guard in 2025. Courses run 2 to 5 days, and agencies buying boats get a training discount that grows with class size.
Airboat trainingLifetime structural hull, 5-year stainless steel and 3-year or 200-hour engine.
WarrantyPatriot Airboats / Vidor, Texas
Tell the shop what your team covers and how you plan to buy. Agency pricing is quoted case by case.
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