Kentucky fireboat gets a permanent home
The City of Covington, Ky., reports that its 35 ft fireboat is to get a new, permanent home. Covington’s Fire Boat 1 — powered by two 300-horsepower Evinrude E-TEC engines and mounting
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Robert Allan designs two river service fireboats for Bangladesh
The Khulna Shipyard in Bangladesh is building two Robert Allan Ltd. designed fireboats. They are under construction for the Bangladesh Navy, which uses the old-style term “fire floats” to describe them. There
VIDEO: Fireboat for Kuwait is packed with innovations
A FireStorm 50’ fireboat delivered by Kingston, Ontario, headquartered MetalCraft Marine Inc. (MCM) to the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate incorporates the very latest in technology available for fire fighting and search and
Secaucus FD puts Lake Assault fireboat into service
The Secaucus Fire Department, in Hudson County, N.J., placed a 28-foot Lake Assault Boats firefighting and rescue craft into service earlier this summer. The department’s firefighting and emergency response area includes a
Port Canaveral gets $1.5 million in state funding for new fireboat
The Canaveral Port Authority will receive $1.5 million in funding from the State of Florida to support the acquisition of a specialized fireboat to provide marine firefighting and rescue capabilities for Port
Lake Assault fireboat enters service on 835-acre Georgia reservoir
Homes and power stations around Lake Rabun, an 835-acre Georgia reservoir with 25 miles of shoreline, are now being protected by a 26 ft fireboat built by Superior, Wis., based Lake Assault
VIDEO: Metal Shark to build next gen Miami-Dade fireboats
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is to build the next generation of fire boats for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. Miami-Dade has selected the Metal Shark “50 Defiant X” fireboat, a
Historic NYC fireboat has dazzling new look
JULY 27, 2018 — Commemorating the centenary of the ending of World War I, the historic retired New York City fireboat John J. Harvey has been given a striking dazzle camouflage paint
Unmanned fireboat could be a game changer
FEBRUARY 5, 2018 — A radically new remotely-operated, unmanned fireboat promises to allow first responders to attack dangerous port fires more aggressively and safely than ever before. Developed by Vancouver-based naval architectural
Coast Guard, FDNY respond to NYC Ferry grounding
DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Coast Guard and partner agency crews last night responded to a ferry aground with 27 people aboard near Rockaway Inlet, New York. The Flyer, an 80-foot New York