holiday party, which was held at a local brewery and attended by hundreds of constituents and first-responders.

After Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Houston area, causing dozens of deaths and damaging thousands of properties, a Chronicle investigation found a glaring lack of resources in the fire department's boat fleet hampered rescue efforts.

At the time, the department's high-water rescue fleet had 10 shallow-water evacuation boats, six swift-water Zodiac rescue boats, several inflatable dinghies, four functional jet skis and one high-water rescue vehicle.

On Thursday, Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña thanked Stardig and the Firefighters Foundation of Houston for raising funds to buy additional boats.

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