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CMISA posted an articleMetalCraft Marine Fireboats see more
Whether it is a township, city, or county, officials from areas throughout the U.S. are taking delivery of new fireboats. In many instances, the new vessels are also used for search-and-rescue and patrol duties.
METALCRAFT MARINE
In early March, MetalCraft Marine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, had five of its 43/44s (that’s MetalCraft Marine’s FireStorm 40, measuring 43’1”x14’4”), under contract and a sixth was about to be sold to the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department, which will use it for 24/7 security as well as a fireboat.
The Fire Storm 40 design is extremely popular. “It’s been selling like a train,” is how MetalCraft Marine’s contracts manager Bob Clark puts it — ever since it won the 2020 WorkBoat magazine Boat of the Year award. Since then,
“We’ve never had less than three of them on order at any given time,” said Clark. “So much the success of that boat is directly related to WorkBoat magazine.” The design gets its 43/44 moniker because “it can be made a little longer or shorter without any real costs attached,” said Clark.
What’s new is that the 43/44 fireboat now has an outboard option. The first 43/44 to be powered with outboards came out of MetalCraft’s metal shop in mid-March and should be going to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, this summer with triple Yamaha 300 outboards mounted across its transom. The driving force for the outboard option is “cost per horsepower,” said Clark. “There are many reasons but [cost] that’s the biggest; it’s dramatically less with outboards.”
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CMISA posted an articleThe vessel uses Cat controls and is capable of 17 knots. see more
The Portland, Maine, fire department has a fleet of three vessels that provide emergency response to the city’s waterfront and islands of Casco Bay.
WorkBoat recently joined the department for its daily run to Diamond Cove on Great Diamond Island onboard the City of Portland IV fireboat. While onboard, Lt. Dave Crowley provided a tour of the vessel and discussed designing the City of Portland IV.
The vessel was designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, and delivered in July 2009. It was built at A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd., Meteghan, Nova Scotia. The 65’x18’x5’ aluminum monohull draws 4.5’ and weighs 37 tons.
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CMISA posted an articleThe Monjeb 2 will feature two Jason fire pumps, spewing 5,000 gpm each through telescopic monitors.. see more
MetalCraft Marine is nearing completion of the 85'x26'x12' aluminum firefighting, rescue, patrol boat Monjeb 2. The vessel is scheduled for delivery to the Kuwait Fire Force in September.
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CMISA posted an articleMetalCraft Marine high performance fireboat for the island of Tuan Chau, in Ha-Long Bay see more
Kingston, ON, March 24, 2021, The Fire Department of Quang Ninh Province (Canh Sat PCCC) in Northern Vietnam ordered their first MetalCraft Marine (MCM) high performance fireboat - for the island of Tuan Chau, in Ha-Long Bay.
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CMISA posted an articleA leak in information about boat is better than a leak in the boat see more
When it comes to nautical life, a leak in information about boat is better than a leak in the boat.
Halifax Fire expects that its new fireboat will arrive in Halifax Harbour in the next couple of weeks. And while its not really a leak, a photo did start circulating online Monday of the new vessel, which is named Kjipuktuk, the Mi’kmaq word for the land and harbour area of what would later become known as Halifax.
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