(VALLEJO, Calif.) — Moose Boats has delivered a customized M3-36 monohull to the Woodbridge (Calif.) Fire District. The M3 will serve as a fireboat in the San Joaquin Delta.
The build features twin 300-hp Mercury outboards with an outboard protective guard including towline guides, a tow post and an integrated towing spool. The boat has a dedicated Darley fire pump for two 1,500-gpm Typhoon RC TFT monitors, one mounted atop the cabin and one on the bow with a valve under the monitor for attack hose connection. The fire pump is powered by a Volvo Penta V8 engine.
The boat features Moose Boats’ proprietary integrated dive platform door on the port side and victim retrieval door on the starboard side. Electronics include a Blue Sea System electrical panel, Lifeline house and start batteries, Furuno 14 -inch MFD integrating radar, chartplotter, depth sounder and FLIR. The cabin is heated with a Webasto heating system.
“The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors awarded the Woodbridge Fire District funding for a new fireboat,” said Fire Chief Darin Downey. “The awarded funds are from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), in which a large portion of ARPA funds are intended for public safety.”
The M3 will respond to fire and medical calls within the San Joaquin Delta and its islands. The boat will support the U.S. Coast Guard, San Joaquin County Sheriffs and surrounding mutual aid partners.
“The Woodbridge Fire District is an all-risk agency covering 197 square miles and approximately 500 linear miles of the San Joaquin Delta with four fire stations,” Downey said. “Our jurisdictional responsibilities include the San Joaquin River and many of the sloughs and marinas between Stockton and Terminous. The new fireboat will be berthed at Tower Park Marina.”
– Moose Boats
