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The 140-foot (43 m), 500-ton, $27 million fast response boat is the country's largest fireboat, with a maximum speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The Three Forty Three incorporates the latest technology available for marine vessels, including the capability of pumping 50,000 US gallons (190,000 L; 42,000 imp gal) of water per minute, nearly ...
Some modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands of gallons of water per minute. An example is Fire Boat #2 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Warner Lawrence, with the capability to pump up to 38,000 US gallons per minute (2.4 m 3 /s; 32,000 imp gal/min) and up to 400 feet (122 m) in the air.
MetalCraft Marine (MCM) is an aluminium boat manufacturer located in Kingston, Ontario. In 2012, MCM opened a facility in Cape Vincent, New York after operating in Clayton, New York for many years. Founded in 1987 by Tom Wroe and Montgomery Smith, MCM has built vessels for organizations [1] and municipal fire departments.
The Patriot is a fireboat operating in Tampa, Florida, United States, from 2009 to present. [1] The vessel cost $3.8 million. She was built in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.She is 69 feet (21 m) long, and displaces 52 tonnes.
Long Beach Fire Department's fire boats can shoot water the length of two football fields, and higher than a 20-story building. Come aboard the biggest fire boat on the West Coast [Video] Skip to ...
Fireboat Tiburon, like other fireboats purchased with the help of a port security grant, has first aid facilities and sensors for search and rescue. [1]The vessel is a catamaran, with a 22 inch draft, and twin 380 brake horsepower (280 kW) diesels engines power waterjets, not propellers, allowing her to be able to risk getting close to shore, without damage.
Curtis Randolph is a fireboat operated by the Detroit Fire Department. [1] The 74.58-foot (22.73 m) vessel was launched in 1979, and is named after a young firefighter who died in the line of duty in 1977. Mayor Coleman A. Young commissioned the vessel. [2]
Phoenix is a fireboat owned by State of California and operated by the city of San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay since 1955. Phoenix is known for helping to save Marina District buildings from further destruction by fire following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.