Recent Examples on the WebThe stream brought to mind a fireboat in Hell Gate.—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Over 30 units, including air rescue and fireboats, helped the injured along with the U.S. Coast Guard, the City of Miami Fire and the Florida Wildlife Commission.—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024 The massive ship was welcomed to Port Miami with banner planes and fireboat salutes, according to a press release from Royal Caribbean.—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024 The highly combustible siloed grain exploded and the resulting fire tested the ability of the city’s fireboats and firefighters to contain the roaring inferno.—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2023 Hyannis Fire Chief Peter Burke walked past two fireboats docked in Hyannis Harbor.—Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023 From helicopter mountain rescues and lifeguard beach SOSs, to fireboats, hazmat units and California’s raging wildfires, the department does it all.—Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 21 June 2023 Crestodina takes readers aboard fishing vessels, a research ship, Coast Guard cutters, tug boats (every kid’s favorite at one time or another), the aforementioned ferry, and a fireboat.—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023 Most yacht owners do their best to stay out of the limelight, but Jorge Garcia actually had a fireboat precede his new Sanlorenzo SD96 Legacy to his Miami Beach home recently, with sirens blaring and water cannons shooting jets of water 30 feet into the air.—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2022
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