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As union members rushed to a pier to board a fireboat, burning debris rained down over the Potomac.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Seawater enters the system from 52 suction connections along the waterfront, and it’s pumped in from fireboats and two high-pressure pumping stations.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
San Francisco's emergency firefighting water system consists of a 135-mile high-pressure pipeline network and allows fireboats to inject bay water into the city's pipelines.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Silverstein made a desperate plea to PortMiami to borrow their fireboats, coordinating the use of powerful hoses to re-oxygenate the water.
—airmail.news, 24 Feb. 2024
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Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Seawater enters the system from 52 suction connections along the waterfront, and it’s pumped in from fireboats and two high-pressure pumping stations.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
San Francisco's emergency firefighting water system consists of a 135-mile high-pressure pipeline network and allows fireboats to inject bay water into the city's pipelines.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Silverstein made a desperate plea to PortMiami to borrow their fireboats, coordinating the use of powerful hoses to re-oxygenate the water.
—airmail.news, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Fireboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireboat. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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fireboat
noun
fire·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped for fighting fires
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