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- ↑ Bob Bauder (2016-05-13). "City of Pittsburgh eyes fireboat costing $400K". Tribune Live. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
Pittsburgh retired its last fireboat — christened the C.D. Scully in honor of former Mayor Cornelius D. Scully — and sold it in 1973 to Tampa for $50,000.
- 1 2 3 "$50,000 offer for city fireboat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ↑ "With the Editor: Fire, the real danger" (PDF). Fire Engineering. March 1951. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
What proponents of this and like civil defense measures to dump money into civil defense schemes of doubtful and uncertain value apparently fail to appreciate is that (1) the gravest threat in any modern enemy attack on this nation is fire (from atom bomb, high explosive bomb and incendiary bomb) ; and (2) Fire is the most serious threat to our fire defense preparations—our defense production and stockpiling!
- ↑ "Powerful little squirt". Pittsburgh Press. 1957-06-02. p. 126. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ↑ Bob Allen (2015-11-07). "Boat Catches Fire On Ohio River, Prompts Discussion About Fire Boat Necessity". CBS News . Archived from the original on 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
The last time the city had a fire boat was in 1973, but at the time, the administration though the C.D. Scully wasn't needed and it was sold. Ralph Sicuro, president of the Pittsburgh Firefighters Union, wonders if the city is prepared to fight a fire on the river on a larger scale.