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The Los Angeles Fire Department provides fire prevention, firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue services, hazardous material response services to the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The LAFD is responsible for approximately 4 million people who live in the agency's 471 square miles (1,220 km2) jurisdiction.
Duwamish was one of the most powerful fireboats in the United States several times over her 75-year working life. She is the second oldest vessel designed to fight fires in the US, after Edward M. Cotter, in Buffalo, New York.
A fireboat is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment.
Older designs derived from tugboats and modern fireboats more closely resembling seafaring ships can both be found in service today. Some departments would give their multi-purpose craft the title of "fireboat" also.
A salvage tug is a specialized type of tugboat which is used to rescue ships which are in distress or in danger of sinking, or to salvage ships which have already sunk or run aground.
The John J. Harvey is a fireboat formerly of the New York City Fire Department in New York City, famed for returning to service following the September 11, 2001 attacks. She is among the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.
Massey Shaw is a former London Fire Brigade fireboat. The historic vessel was saved from dereliction by a group of enthusiasts who restored her and a successful Heritage Lottery Grant in 2008. The vessel has been completely restored in Gloucester dock by a professional team of boat builders.
Phoenix is a fireboat owned by State of California and operated by the city of San Francisco in the San Francisco Bay since 1955. Phoenix is known for helping to save Marina District buildings from further destruction by fire following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Her worthy assistance resulted in a second vintage fireboat obtained for the city. Both Guardian and Phoenix are based at Firehouse No. 35 at Pier 22½ of the Port of San Francisco. Phoenix often leads parades of ships, and takes part in welcoming ceremonies.
Deluge was a fireboat built for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin fire department.
She was christened on 1 April 1949. According to The Milwaukee Journal, "Deluge will be the most modern and one of the most powerful fire fighting craft west of New York city."'
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia has operated fireboats since 1928, when the city introduced the J.H. Carlisle.
For much of the late 19th and early 20th century, New York City maintained a fleet of ten fireboats. In recent decades technology has improved to where smaller boats can provide the pumping capacity that required a large boat in the past. These smaller boats require smaller crews, and the crews themselves require less training. Like many other cities the FDNY operates a fleet with a smaller number of large fireboats, supplemented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.
The Abram S. Hewitt was a coal-powered fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1903 to 1958.
She was the department's last coal-powered vessel and had a pumping capacity of 7,000 gallons per minute.
The Zophar Mills was a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1883 to 1958.
She was the department's first iron-hulled vessel and had a pumping capacity of 6,000 gallons per minute.
The Bravest is a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City.
She was commissioned on May 27, 2011.
As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.
The Kevin C. Kane was formerly an FDNY fireboat and is currently being refitted as a long-haul tugboat.
She was commissioned in 1992, participated in two high-profile events: responding to al Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001; the rescue of airline passengers from the airliner that landed on the Hudson River. She was auctioned off after she incurred damage during Hurricane Sandy.
The vessel was named after a firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty.
The Portland Fire Bureau of the city of Portland, Oregon owns and operates Fireboats in Portland, Oregon.
