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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...
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    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...
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  • Deluge (fireboat) may refer to: Deluge (fireboat, 1911), a Baltimore fireboat that fought a fire aboard the Kerry Range in 1917 Deluge (fireboat, 1923)...
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    Duwamish is a retired fireboat in the United States. She is the second oldest vessel designed to fight fires in the US, after Edward M. Cotter, in Buffalo...
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    Fireboat No. 1 is a historic fireboat on display in a permanent land installation on the waterfront in the Old Town area of Tacoma, Washington. Built...
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  • Navy, in service 1841–1866 Geyser (fireboat, 1886), one of Chicago's first fireboats Geyser (fireboat, 1889), a fireboat built for Bay City, Michigan MV Geysir...
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  • David Campbell (1912 fireboat), a fireboat built in 1912 for Oregon's Portland Fire and Rescue David Campbell (1927 fireboat), a fireboat built in 1928 for...
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    William M. Feehan is a fireboat built for and operated by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Her namesake, William M. Feehan, was the oldest and...
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    Hoga (YT-146) (category Fireboats of California)
    tug was known as Port of Oakland and then City of Oakland when she was a fireboat in Oakland, California. Authorized on 18 June 1940, she was built by the...
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  • As an important river port, there has been six fireboats operated by the Detroit Fire Department. Patricia Zacharias. "The Detroit Fire Department's 130...
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    Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200 class fireboat that serves the New York City Fire Department as marine company 1. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and...
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  • Fire Brigade operates several fireboats of Jamaica. According to a 2003 article in the Jamaica Gleaner the three fireboats then nominally operated by the...
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  • The Discovery is a fireboat launched on the Columbia River in 2014. The Discovery is operated by the Vancouver Fire Department. The vessel can pump 3,000 US gal/min...
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    Chicago has operated dedicated fireboats since 1877. In 1986, the Chicago Tribune offered a history of Chicago's larger fireboats, when the Chicago Fire Department...
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    Fire Fighter is a fireboat which served the New York City Fire Department from 1938 through 2010, serving with Marine Companies 1, 8 and 9 during her career...
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    Leschi, named for the native American leader Chief Leschi, is a fireboat operated by the Seattle Fire Department. The ship was laid down in 2006 and commissioned...
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    At least six Fireboats in Toronto have helped protect the city's waterfront and maritime commerce. K. Corey Keeble (2013-04-16). "Toronto Fire Station...
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    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...
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    The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, has operated fireboats since 1928, when the city introduced the J.H. Carlisle. At the time, the shores of False...
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    114.2192639°E / 22.2892500; 114.2192639 The Alexander Grantham was a fireboat operated by the Fire Services Department of Hong Kong. It was named after...
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    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...
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    St. Francis is a fireboat operated by the San Francisco Fire Department on San Francisco Bay since 2016. Also known as Fireboat 3, she was given the official...
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  • Independence and a smaller fireboat, Fireboat Seven from Westville, New Jersey, responded to a dock fire in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Fireboat Seven arrived first...
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    MV Chief Seattle is a fireboat named for Chief Seattle operated by the Seattle Fire Department (SFD). It is one of four fireboats operated by the SFD,...
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  • was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department. She was commissioned in 1888, and she was then described as the most powerful fireboat afloat...
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  • former Canadian Coast Guard vessel, the Cape Hurd, as its second string fireboat, she should be christened the William Thornton in remembrance of him. Kevin...
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    is a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City. She was commissioned on May 27, 2011. The FDNY currently has four large fireboats, including...
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    M/V Commencement is a fireboat operated by the Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) in Tacoma, Washington. Commencement is powered by two 535-horsepower engines...
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    The Curtis Randolph is a fireboat operated by the Detroit Fire Department. The 74.58-foot (22.73 m) vessel was launched in 1979, and is named after a young...
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    Fire Fighter II is a Robert Allan Ltd. Ranger 4200 class fireboat put in service with Marine Company 9 of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) on December...
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