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Not to be confused with Fire ship. A fire ship, used in the days of wooden rowed or Sailing ships was a ship filled with combustibles deliberately set on fire and steered (or where possible allowed to drift
A Canadian Fireboat
A Canadian Fireboat
German fireboat Kiel
German fireboat Kiel
Fireboat in Berlin/Germany
Fireboat in Berlin/Germany

A fireboat is a specialized watercraft, often resembling a tugboat, with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. TUGboat (ISSN 0896-3207 is a journal published three times per year by the TeX Users Group. Fire is the heat and light energy released during a Chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction.

They are frequently used for fighting fires on docks and shore side warehouses as they can directly attack fires in the supporting underpinnings of these structures. A dock (from Dutch 'dok' is a man-made feature involved in the handling of boats or ships A warehouse is a commercial Building for Storage of Goods. Warehouses are used by Manufacturers Importers Exporters They also have an unlimited supply of water available, pumping directly from below the hull and can be used to assist shore based firefighters when other water is in low supply or is unavailable, for example, due to earthquake breakage of water mains, as happened in San Francisco due to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous Fires that threaten civilian populations and property to rescue people from car accidents collapsed The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay

Modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands of gallons of water per minute. A gallon is a measure of Volume. It is in current use in the United States and still has limited use in many other English-speaking countries A minute is a Unit of measurement of Time or of Angle. The minute is a unit of Time equal to 1/60th of an Hour or 60 An example is Fire Boat #2 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Warner Lawrence, with the capability to pump up to 38,000 US gallons per minute (2 m³/s) and up to 400 feet (120 m) in the air. The Los Angeles Fire Department ( LAFD) also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department The Warner Lawrence is an innovative Fireboat owned and operated by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD in Los Angeles. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit

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.

Fireboat demonstrating its capabilities
Fireboat demonstrating its capabilities

Occasionally fireboats are used to carry firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, and a physician with their equipment to islands and other boats. Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous Fires that threaten civilian populations and property to rescue people from car accidents collapsed The Emergency Medical Technician ( EMT) exists in many countries and is a health care provider trained to provide prehospital emergency medical care A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Also hydrocopters, rigid-hulled inflatable boats, and even hovercrafts and helicopters are used in fire, rescue and medical emergency situations. A hydrocopter is an amphibious aircraft-propelled Catamaran. The vehicle has a boat-like hull, small wheels and pontoon skids (as in a Seaplane A rigid-inflatable boat ( RIB) or rigid-hulled inflatable boat, ( RHIB) is a light-weight but high performance and high capacity Boat constructed A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV is an Amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface supported by History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. They may also carry divers or surface water rescue workers. Passengers from ships in danger can be also transferred to various kind of rescue boats. Rescue boats may be used also for oil and chemical destruction on rivers, lakes and seas[1].

List of famous fire boats

San Francisco Fireboat
San Francisco Fireboat

References

  1. ^ For example, the Helsinki Rescue Department in Helsinki, Finland has various kinds of boats for various kind of firefighting, rescue, and oil destruction tasks. Sandusky is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Erie County. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. http://www.hel.fi/pel.

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fireboat

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  1. A harbor boat designed for pumping high volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
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