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Legacy HDPE boats built to get you through the worst
Impact-proof rescue and fire platforms welded from recovered HDPE. Engineered in-house in Wyoming for the moment everything depends on the boat showing up.
When the call comes, the boat does not get a second chance.
Rescue and fire crews launch into the conditions everyone else is leaving. Cold water, debris, night ops, and no margin for a hull that cracks or quits. HDPE was built for exactly that, and we weld every hull from it.
In the water before you finish the briefing.
HDPE shrugs off the trailer, the ramp, and the rocks. No gelcoat to chip. No welds to fail. The boat is ready when the call is.
Swamp it. It stays a platform.
Foam-filled hulls hold positive flotation. A flooded rescue boat is still a working platform, not a second casualty.
Hit debris at speed. Keep going.
HDPE absorbs and rebounds from impacts that would split aluminum and shatter fiberglass. Run it into a piling and finish the call.
Damaged on a call. Back in service that week.
A field repair is a hot air gun and a strip of HDPE. No fiberglass cure. No drydock. No waiting on a shipyard.
Tough at the temperature rescues happen in.
HDPE stays impact-tough in ice and cold where other hulls turn brittle. Built for the conditions, not the brochure.
Recommended Builds
The right hull forthe body of water.
Two purpose-built rescue platforms, matched to where your team operates.
Inland & river
Reservoirs, rivers, and flood response. Shallow, debris-heavy water close to the ramp.
Starting at $42,800
E823 Rescue Patrol Boat
Built to withstand the most extreme situations: ice, boulders, oyster bars, chemical spills, and high-impact collisions. An Ember HDPE modified V-hull, fully adjustable to your exact specs.
Capacity
Crew
Length
Range
Coastal & open water
Bays, surf, and offshore patrol. Bigger water, longer runs, heavier weather.
Starting at $149,770
E930 Rescue Patrol Boat
The king of the waters. The 30-foot Ember gives crews a bird's-eye view of the water for any job that demands visibility, built from HDPE for open-water rescue and patrol.
Capacity
Crew
Length
Range
Where They Work
One platform, every rescue mission.
Swift-water & flood
Stable, snag-resistant hulls for moving water and debris-choked flood zones.
Dockside fire response
A non-combustible deck and pump platform for marina and waterfront fires.
Search & recovery
Quiet, low-wake operation and an open deck for dive teams and recovery gear.
Ice & cold-water rescue
Stays impact-tough below freezing, where aluminum dents and fiberglass cracks.
Wildland water supply
Haul and stage water for interface fires, with no corrosion from foam or chemicals.
Crew & patrol
Daylong patrol comfort with a layout your team can configure to the mission.
Built from the
molecular level up.
American Made
Our HDPE barges and boats are designed, engineered, and manufactured under one roof. That gives us the ability to ensure everything is built to the highest standards and quality possible.
Every hull starts on a CAD station in our own engineering office, gets reviewed by the same team that will build it, and rolls out the door of the facility it was specified in. No outsourced naval architecture, no overseas fabrication, no handoffs between vendors who have never met. The crew welding your barge knows the engineer who drew it, and the engineer knows the operators who will run it.
That vertical integration is the difference between a barge that meets a spec sheet and a boats that solves the actual job in front of you. When you need a deck modification, a custom crane base, or a non-standard hull thickness for a specific operating environment, you are talking to the people who can answer in the same week, not the same quarter.
Built to last, backed by numbers
2,000,000+ lbs. of HDPE sheets shipped
225,000+ lbs. of plastic recycled into boat hulls
500+ miles of abandoned pipe recovered
37 custom
HDPE boats
built
2.5+ miles of welding completed
Common Questions
HDPE rescue boats, answered.
Straight answers on strength, flotation, field repairs, and fitting out a Legacy rescue platform.
HDPE absorbs impacts that dent aluminum and crack fiberglass, and the hull is solid material rather than a coated shell, so there is no gelcoat or laminate to fail under the abuse rescue work puts on a boat. It takes ramps, debris, and dock strikes and keeps working.
Read more on the strength of recycled HDPE hulls →Our rescue hulls are built with foam-filled positive flotation. A swamped boat keeps floating and stays usable as a working platform, which is the condition you cannot afford to lose in the middle of a call.
Read more on how HDPE boats handle safety →HDPE is welded, not glued or riveted. A field repair takes a hot air gun and a strip of the same material, with no fiberglass cure time and no shipyard schedule, so the boat is back in service in days rather than weeks.
Read more on field repairs to an HDPE boat →HDPE keeps its impact toughness in cold and freezing conditions, where other hull materials turn brittle and crack. That makes it well suited to ice rescue and cold-water operations the rest of the season as well.
Read more on HDPE in extreme conditions →Yes. Power packages, deck layouts, and mounting points are configured to your mission, from lighting and dive doors to pumps and equipment racks. Because we engineer and build in-house, mission-specific gear is part of the build rather than an afterthought.
Read more on customizing an HDPE boat →HDPE does not rust, corrode, or need recoating, it survives impacts that dent aluminum and crack fiberglass, and it floats. The trade-offs come down to weight and up-front cost, which is why matching the right hull to your operating water matters.
Read more comparing HDPE and traditional materials →