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The fireboat has a fire pump with multiple jet streams.
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
About a dozen relatives boarded the city’s fireboat, which chugged steadily toward the mouth of the Patapsco River where the Key Bridge once stood.
—Lea Skene, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The 31-foot, rigid-hull, inflatable fireboat slammed into the Honcho, which was going at 5 knots, at around 10 p.m.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Rescue crews and fireboats were immediately sent to find survivors of the crash in the river, the D.C. Fire and EMS Department confirmed on X shortly after 9 p.m. Authorities have not yet released any initial estimates of injuries or deaths.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
About a dozen relatives boarded the city’s fireboat, which chugged steadily toward the mouth of the Patapsco River where the Key Bridge once stood.
—Lea Skene, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The 31-foot, rigid-hull, inflatable fireboat slammed into the Honcho, which was going at 5 knots, at around 10 p.m.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Rescue crews and fireboats were immediately sent to find survivors of the crash in the river, the D.C. Fire and EMS Department confirmed on X shortly after 9 p.m. Authorities have not yet released any initial estimates of injuries or deaths.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Fireboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireboat. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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fireboat
noun
fire·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped for fighting fires
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