
	Where results make sense

Topic: Fireboat

Related Topics

Fire engine

Loma Prieta earthquake

Schistosomiasis

Hydrofoil

DV

Surveyor 2

Majed Moqed

Sabre Holdings

Tori Amos

United States Navy

Jidda

Strain

Indian Coast Guard

Pig

KV 1

In the News (Mon 7 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Gazette Advertiser - Veteran fireboat splashes into Rhinecliff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fireboat operators are still using some diesel fuel on the trip on the Hudson River this year.
		Fireboats are used to extinguish fires on docks, structures on land adjacent to a given body of water, and on other boats.
		The fireboat was also used to give firefighters at Ground Zero water to put out fires there, which was the only water available to them because the water mains leading to the World Trade Center were eliminated because of the Twin Towers collapse.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12720557&BRD=1702&PAG=461&dept_id=69079&rfi=6 (715 words)

	Fireboat No. 1 National Historic Landmark Nomination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The 1929 fireboat Fireboat No. 1, owned and maintained by the City of Tacoma, Washington, as a historic monument and museum, is an excellent example of a typical, specifically-designed fireboat as could be found in any major American port city through much of the 20th century.
		The need for full-time fireboats and for maximum capability for combating serious blazes on wooden ships and wooden waterfronts of the late 19th and early 20th century compelled many fire departments in port cities to design and construct their own fireboats.
		In 1927, typical fireboats in the United States were described as having the same general dimensions and hull lines of those of a harbor towboat.
	www.cr.nps.gov /maritime/nhl/fireboat.htm (1834 words)

	Fire Boats of the Los Angeles Fire Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Launched October 20, 1925, the $214,000 fire boat, later renamed Fireboat 2, the Ralph J. Scott, originally was gasoline-powered and rated at 10,200 gpm.
		The tower turret, believed to be the first, or at least one of the first, fireboat towers in the nation, raises to a height of 42' above the water.
		Carrying 2156 gallons of fuel, the fireboat featured a safety system which completely changed the air in the engine room every five minutes as a precaution against leaking gasoline vapors.
	www.lafire.com /fire_boats/Boat2.htm (1253 words)

	Historic Fireboat Aids in New York city Response and Recovery at the World Trade Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Supporters of the fireboat expressed pride that the ship was saved, thus allowing her to work for New York City during the crisis.
		The fireboat was built in 1931 at the Todd Shipbuilding and Dry-Dock Corporation in Brooklyn, NY and updated in 1957.
		As a fireboat, John J. Harvey was instrumental in extinguishing fires that took place along the water, including the 1932 five alarm fire that destroyed Cunard’s Pier 54 and a fire aboard the former French liner, Normandie, that eventually capsized the vessel at her dock.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/fireboat.htm (524 words)

	Fireboat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A fireboat is a specialized watercraft, often resembling a tugboat, with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires.
		Modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands of gallons of water per minute.
		Fireboats are most usually seen by the public when welcoming a fleet or historical ships with a display of their water moving capabilities, throwing large arcs of water in every direction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fireboat (338 words)

	Fireboat
		The 2001 scrap yard fire at General Metals facility on the east shore of Hylebos Waterway was an urgent reminder of the potential adverse consequences to Commencement Bay as a direct result of the fact that City fireboats are not staffed and ready to use 24/7.
		Fireboat service to Commencement Bay and surrounding Puget Sound waters was sharply curtailed several years ago as a result of City budget shortfalls.
		Tacoma‚s fireboat has been Commencement Bay's first line of response for spills and sinking vessels and, in the event of a fire on-board the numerous vessels sailing into the Port of Tacoma, the only reliable line of response available.
	www.healthybay.org /Fireboat.aspx?sm=Priorities (292 words)

	DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services: Press Release - 12.07.05
		The “Firefighter” was in service until 1946, when the Fireboat Company was moved to its current location, 550 Water Street, SW with a new boat, also named the “Firefighter”, which remained in service until 1978.
		DC Fire/EMS’ fireboat company has evolved into a modern marine-based fire and rescue unit, maintaining several vessels, including the 70-foot John Glenn, which the District obtained in 1978.
		Fireboat personnel are certified and trained in swift water rescue, ice rescue, confined space rescue, and hazardous materials response.
	fems.dc.gov /fems/cwp/view,a,1213,q,634308,femsNav_GID,1508.asp (259 words)

	newsletter
		The helicopter was secured to the hull of the fireboat and was held at the surface.
		That was another operation where Fireboats received world wide attention for their non traditional but crucial actions on September 11, 2001 and the days that followed.
		During the days of pumping the dedicated engineering crew for the fireboats had to perform maintenance and emergency repairs as the engines and pumps were racing at full capacity.
	www.marinefirefighting.com /Pages/Newsletters/Newsletter9.htm (1799 words)

	Fire Boats of the Los Angeles Fire Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Qualified Firefighters are assigned to the fireboats as Pilots, Mates, and Scuba Divers, where the art of underwater fire-fighting was conceived and refined.
		Fireboats 2 and 4, with rated pumping capacities of 17,000 GPM and 10,000 GPM, respectively, provide heavy stream concentrations and can be utilized to provide a water supply to engine companies engaged in fire-fighting operations adjacent to the waterfront.
		Fireboats 1, 3, and 5 are 34-foot crafts, rated at 750 GPM and, due to their size and maneuverability, are ideal for fire-fighting and rescue operations in the marinas.
	www.lafire.com /fire_boats/the_boats.htm (481 words)

	Fireboats!
		One of those improvements was a pair of fireboats, the Dennis T. Sullivan (Named after the Fire Chief who perished in the earthquake) and the David Scannel (another Chief).
		In 1947, the fleet was joined by a third fireboat, operated by the Port: The Frank G. White.
		Although there was no money for a second fireboat, two anonymous benefactors from the Marina district emerged and gave The City the $300,000 to purchase a retiring fireboat from Vancouver, British Columbia.
	www.naalarm.com /bill/fireboat.htm (818 words)

	PRESS RELEASE - LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW FIREBOAT FLEET DEDICATION, April 12, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		These new fireboats are also equipped with the latest technological advances in propulsion and navigation and serve as a dive platform for the Fire Department’s scuba divers that perform both firefighting and water rescues in and around the Port.
		The fourth new fireboat and the crown jewel of the fleet, is new Fireboat 2.
		This new fireboat is replacing a piece of history in the form of the Ralph J. Scott.
	www.lafire.com /fire_boats/articles_fireboats/boat2-new_20030412_PressRelease.htm (1084 words)

	Maritime Heritage Network - Fireboat No. 1
		Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma for $148,000.
		The vessel was one of the first on the West Coast built specifically as a fireboat, rather than converted from a tugboat.
		Fireboat No. 1 is the only fireboat in US history to protect a major port by itself for more than half a century.
	www.maritimeheritage.net /attractions/attraction_select.asp?id=99 (238 words)

	[No title]
		The remaining three Fireboats, Number's 1, 3 and 5, are all 34' long and are pump rated at 750 GPM.
		Fireboats #1, 3 and 5 are crewed by three specialized firefighters, the Fireboat Mate (boat operator) and two Firefighter/SCUBA Divers.
		The function of the three 34' Fireboats is in direct attack or support of many different tasks.
	www.lafd.org /boatscub.htm (597 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / Phoenix soon to rise from dry dock / Fireboat that fought earthquake fires in the Marina gets renovated
		The process usually involves putting the boat in a dry dock and pumping the water out, or in the case of the fireboat, pulling it out of the water on a cart that runs on rails from the water to the shore.
		Normally the four firefighters on the engine work on the fireboat, so only three men were left when the call came from the Marina some 15 minutes after the quake.
		Before the earthquake, fireboats were an endangered species in San Francisco, a target of budget cutters.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/25/BAGR18V0M11.DTL (918 words)

	San Francisco Fire Department Museum - Fire Boats
		Fireboat Engineer Nate Hardy has vivid recollections of that evening: "I was doing some welding just outside the shop area on the pier, when the project I was working on started moving.
		Guardian, a fine boat with exceptional firefighting capacity, and had previously served as a fireboat for the city of Vancouver, B.C. She had been declared surplus and was in the hands of a salvage dealer waiting to be dismantled and sold for scrap.
		Citizens were startled to see a fireboat from Vancouver in their harbor.
	www.sffiremuseum.org /fireboats.html (1326 words)

	Promotional Annoucement Format 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A Firefighter/Fireboat Operator is responsible for operating the City of Oakland fireboat with a variety of maneuvers under an array of different water and weather conditions in addition to performing regular duties as a Firefighter.
		Fireboat Operator Jones is assigned to the fireboat.
		The Fireboat Operator assigned to duty on the Fireboat shall always be Captain of the Vessel.
	www.oaklandnet.com /government/jobs/fffboat.html (1999 words)

	City of Oakland Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Firefighter/Fireboat Engineer serves as a deckhand and is the primary assistant to the Firefighter/Fireboat Operator for fireboat operations.
		Fireboat Engineer Smith is assigned to the fireboat.
		Employs the same understanding of fireboat systems and equipment and similar mechanical and inspection procedures as at the beginning of the shift.
	www.oaklandnet.com /government/jobs/ffe.html (1915 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Seattle fireboat fleet improving
		On the deck of one fireboat, the 80-year-old Alki, crew members twisted large, bright-red wheels by hand to aim water cannons at the flames.
		The technology used by Seattle's fireboats to douse the July 5 fire at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Operations Center is decades old — but about to get a major upgrade.
		The fireboat Chief Seattle, which will be renovated, is docked in saltwater on Elliott Bay.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003155118_fireboats27m.html (500 words)

	Fireboat and research boat from Winninghoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jack Winninghoff, owner of the aluminum boatbuilding shop Winninghoff Boats in Rowley, Mass., figures he has built “almost every small fireboat on the East Coast.”; The latest version being built at Winninghoff Boats measures 29'7"x9'7"x1'4" and will be sent to Hampton, N.H. The 29-footer will have a pair of 225-hp Honda outboards for power.
		Winninghoff said that almost all the fireboats he’s built have had outboards.
		The Hampton fireboat will have 1/4" bottom plating on her hard-chine hull and 3/16" plating on the sides.
	www.workboat.com /archives/02sep/otw_3.htm (435 words)

	Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Picture Puffin Books (Paperback)) by Puffin
		Far from being flippant, the book sets the tone of 1931, the birthyear of the fireboat John J. Harvey, with other "normal" stuff that was going on that year.
		Fireboat helped me broach the subject in a way that he seemed OK with.
		The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboat of its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore.
	www.floridakeysdiving.net /stuff-0142403628.html (1690 words)

	Provisional Standards of Competency for Fireboat Crews
		Fireboats often have to operate in isolated areas and a general working knowledge of the engineering systems aboard is required to solve problems and effect general repairs in the field.
		The crew would be lead by a Fireboat Master who is in command of the boat while on the water.
		The boat would be piloted by a Fireboat Helmsman, or in their absence, the fireboat master; and the rest would be rated as Fireboat Crew.
	www.psych.usyd.edu.au /vbb/woronora/fireboat_master.html (477 words)

	New fireboat something Seattle can shoot for (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's a state-of-the-art fireboat headed for Los Angeles, but most of those who came to see the gleaming white vessel at Colman Dock yesterday wore Seattle Fire Department uniforms and were on hand to watch the new boat demonstrate firefighting abilities beyond anything the city's own boats can do.
		The Seattle Fire Department currently has two fireboats, the Chief Seattle housed at Station 5 on Elliott Bay and the Alki, kept at Station 3 at Fishermen's Terminal on the freshwater side of the Ballard Locks.
		Fire officials point out that a fireboat can be a primary source of water to fight fires even on land when a major catastrophe disrupts the water mains.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/111707_fireboat08.shtml (731 words)

	Biography of Eugene L. McAllaster, prominent Seattle naval architect and engineer, the designer of the Fireboat Duwamish
		His fireboat would be a riveted steel-hulled 120 foot steam-powered battering ram, with its sharp bow capable of sinking any wooden vessel unlucky enough to be so engulfed with flames that only a submersion into the depths of the Puget Sound would end the conflagration.
		The fireboat's twin screws were driven by double marine steam engines, with four Mosher watertube boilers.
		fireboat was steam powered so it was only natural that when the McAllasters bought a new car in 1913 it was a Stanley Steamer.
	rogue-publishing.com /McAllaster.html (1442 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At that time she was the most powerful fireboat in the world, with pumping capacity of 18,250 GPM.
		She remains the fastest large fireboat in the world having attained 20 MPH (17.3 knots).
		She was the first large fireboat powered by internal combustion engines, and was the longest serving in FDNY, in commission from 1931 to 1995.
	www.pier63maritime.com /p63m_john_j_harvey.htm (217 words)

	Born-Again Hero - The Return of the Fireboat “John J. Harvey”
		The Harvey is a fireboat, and she was about to participate in one of the greatest fire and rescue operations in American history.
		She had been commissioned by the City of New York and was named for the pilot of the fireboat Thomas Willett, killed when the liner Muenchen exploded at North River Pier 42 on February 11, 1930.
		She is 130 feet overall with a beam of 28 feet and a draft of 9'0".
	powerandmotoryacht.com /features/0202bornagain (495 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Designed by Seattle architect Eugene L. McAllaster and named the Duwamish, the Richmond Beach Shipbuilding Company equipped her with three American LaFrance steam piston pumps that were rated at a capacity of 3,000 gpm each.
		In 1949, the Seattle fire department acquired a WWII Navy surplus vessel and used it to convert the Duwamish to her current diesel-electric platform during a major overhaul.
		This in part was due to the recent acquisition of the fireboat Chief Seattle.
	www.fireboatduwamish.org /parent/history.htm (575 words)

	Salvage Squad - The Machines - Fireboat
		The Salvage Squad are pleased to have a chance to improve on their restoration of the fireboat Massey Shaw.
		Launched in 1935, the Massey Shaw was the first fireboat to be purpose-built for the Thames, and was named after Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, the Victorian founder of the London Fire Brigade.
		The fireboat's first major call out or 'shout' was to the biggest fire London had seen for over 100 years.
	www.channel4.com /science/microsites/S/salvage_squad/machines/fireboat/index.html (661 words)

	FIREBOAT: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Boston Globe-Horn ...
		This is the inspiring true story of the John J. Harvey-a retired New York City fireboat reinstated on September 11, 2001.
		Originally launched in 1931, the Harvey was the most powerful fireboat of her time.
		There were adjustments-forcing water into hoses by jamming soda bottles and wood into nozzles with a sledgehammer-and then the fireboat's volunteer crew pumped much-needed water to the disaster site.
	www.floridakeysdiving.net /stuff-0399239537.html (1751 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)