Fire / Rescue Boat 1

Fire Rescue 1

..The 30 foot, 1,500 g.p.m., Fire/Rescue Boat No.1 has been in service with the Baltimore City Fire Department Marine Division for more than 3 years. This high speed, shallow draft, vessel has served her entire career, to this point, at the Fort McHenry Fireboat Station as our first line Fire/Rescue Boat. It is equipped for firefighting, dewatering operations, and medical emergencies.
..This vessel is manned by two (2) Emergency Boat Operators, with one being designated as the “Coxswain” and the other as the “Crewman”. A majority of the E.B.O.’s hold a U. S. Coast Guard License, as this is required by the Fire Department within three years of promoting into this position.
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The characteristics of Fire/Rescue Boat No.1 are as follows:

Builder – SeaArk Marine Inc., Monticello, AR.

Commissioned – by the Fire Department as Fire/Rescue 1 – December 30, 2003

Cost - $286,000 ( with trailer )

Registration Number – MD 2426 A

Construction - all aluminum

Length overall - 30 feet ( excluding motors )

Beam - 10 feet

Full load draft - 1 foot 6 inches

Weight - 10,000 lbs.

Fuel capacity - two tanks with total capacity of 150 gallons of gasoline

Maximum speed - 40+ m.p.h.

Propulsion - Two (2), Honda BF225A, V-6, 4-stroke, gasoline outboards, rated 225 HP. each.

Fire pumps - one (1) Hale, single stage centrifugal, rated 1,500 gpm. at 150 psi., driven direct
------------------by a GM Marine 350, V-8 gasoline engine

Discharge outlets - six (6) 2˝”, 4 on aft work deck, and 2 on forward deck

Monitor pipes - one(1), Akron, on forward deck

Foam - 15 gallons of 3% AFFF ( three 5 gallon buckets )

Hose - 250' of 1 ľ” + two 8' sections of 1 ľ” to direct from boat

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