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A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment. [1]
Three Forty Three. Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200 class fireboat that serves the New York City Fire Department as marine company 1. [2] Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built to replace the 1954 John D. McKean. It was commissioned at 0900 hours on September 11, 2010, exactly nine years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
June 15, 2000. John J. Harvey is a fireboat formerly of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in New York City, famed for returning to service following the September 11, 2001 attacks. [2][3] She is one of the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.
Edward M. Cotter escorting USS Little Rock (LCS-9). Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return ...
45 knots (83 km/h) The Bravest is a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City. [1] She was commissioned on May 27, 2011. [2] The FDNY currently has four large fireboats, including the Bravest, supplemented by approximately a dozen smaller high speed patrol craft. [1] The two largest fireboats, Firefighter II and Three Forty ...
The Alki is a fireboat noted for its long service in Seattle, Washington. [1] The boat was built in 1927 and is 123 feet (37 m) long. She was Seattle's third fireboat. [3] She was built with gasoline engines, which were replaced with diesels in 1947. The new engine retrofit allowed the Alki to increase its pumping capacity from 12,000 gallons ...
Duwamish (fireboat) Duwamish. (fireboat) Originally the Seattle fireboat Duwamish was built with a ram bow. / 47.62818°N 122.33652°W / 47.62818; -122.33652. Duwamish is a retired fireboat in the United States. [2] She is the second oldest vessel designed to fight fires in the US, after Edward M. Cotter, in Buffalo, New York.
Phoenix. (fireboat) 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. Her worthy assistance resulted in a second vintage ...