Fireboats – Professional Mariner

15 Dec

Silver Ships delivers fast response fireboat to Destin

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsFireboats, shipbuilding

(MOBILE, Ala.) — Silver Ships has delivered a new fire rescue vessel to the Destin (Fla.) Fire Control District. The 52-foot coastal fast response boat (CFRB), identified as M-19, is outfitted with four 425-hp Yamaha outboards, two 1,500-gallon Darley fire pumps, and advanced firefighting and patient care technology. “The first coastal fast response fireboat represents an innovative leap from our…

09 Aug

SAFE Boats building ‘hometown’ fireboat for Bremerton

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsFireboats, shipbuilding

(BREMERTON, Wash.) — SAFE Boats International has been awarded a contract to build a new fireboat for the city of Bremerton Fire Department. This award is especially meaningful for SAFE Boats, whose headquarters and manufacturing operations are based in Bremerton. The new vessel will be a custom-built 33-foot full cabin fireboat equipped with a 1,000-gpm fire pump, mounted aft to…

15 Jul

Metal Shark delivers next-generation fireboat to Tampa

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(JEANERETTE, La.) — Metal Shark has announced the delivery of a new 40-by-12-foot welded aluminum monohull pilothouse fireboat to Tampa Fire Rescue. Designed in-house by Metal Shark and built at the company’s Jeanerette, La., production facility, the new vessel is the first of two next-generation 38 Defiant NXT fireboats being built for the department. Powered by triple 300-hp Yamaha outboards…

09 Dec

Seattle fireboat extinguishes burning vessel in Elliott Bay

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsFireboats, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Seattle Fire Department, Washington State Ferries and good Samaritans responded to a vessel on fire in Elliott Bay on Sunday afternoon. The Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat-medium and a 29-foot response boat-small from Station Seattle after received reports of a recreational vessel on fire in the vicinity of Duwamish Head Light near…

04 Mar

Port of Long Beach dedicates new fireboat stations

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsFireboats, Ports

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Officials on Friday dedicated two new Port of Long Beach fireboat stations that are greatly enhancing the Long Beach Fire Department’s waterside and landside emergency response capabilities, better safeguarding visiting ships, cargo and waterfront workers. The facilities – Fireboat Station 15 and Fireboat Station 20 – are the products of a $109 million Port of Long…

19 Dec

Moose Boats delivers newbuild to Alameda Fire Department

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(VALLEJO, Calif.) — Moose Boats recently delivered the most powerful M2-38 fireboat ever assembled to the Alameda Fire Department (AFD) in Alameda County, Calif. The fire department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Alameda, nicknamed “The Island City,” which is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. AFD is part…

22 Nov

Great Lakes Towing acquires former Cleveland fireboat

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & TowingFireboats, Great Lakes, Ports

(CLEVELAND) — The Great Lakes Towing Co., (GLT), a leader in specialized marine services, has acquired the fireboat Anthony J. Celebrezze, formerly owned by the city of Cleveland. The purchase is intended to provide GLT with a firefighting platform for response to a shipboard or shoreside fire, particularly in those ports where a high volume of winter ship repair work…