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CALIFORNIA BOATS
Alameda    Eureka-Humboldt Bay   LONG BEACH   Long Beach 15   Long Beach 20 
Long Beach Lifeguards   LOS ANGELES CITY   Los Angeles City 1   Los Angeles City 2   Los Angeles City 3  
Los Angeles City 4   Los Angeles City 5   Los Angeles County   Los Angeles County Lifeguards  
Monterey   Oakland    Orange County 1   Orange County 2   Orange County 3   Redwood City  
Richmond    San Diego Harbor 1    San Diego Harbor 2     San Diego Lifeguards 
San Francisco 1   San Francisco 2   San Francisco 3   Sausalito-Southern Marin   Tiburon  

SAN FRANCISCO FIREBOAT 1

San Francisco Fire Department
"Phoenix"
"Fireboat 1"
1954 Fireboat
Built by Plant Monroe Engineering, Alameda, CA

89' LOA - 19' 5" beam - 7' draft
Rated at 9,600 gpm

Equipped with a 3,000 gpm deckgun above the pilot house,
(2) 2,000 gpm deckguns bow and stern deck,
and a 2,000 gpm water tower 32' above the waterline
which extends to 48 feet above the waterline.
There are also 1000 gpm nozzles at the forward waterline
for reaching under wharfs.

The Phoenix carries more than 500 gallons of foam.

Approx 15 knots

The San Francisco Fireboats are docked at Fire Station 35
at Pier 22-1/2 on the Embarcadero at the foot of Harrison Street
in San Francisco.

Photos Oct 2016

Fireboat Phoenix

San Francisco Fire Station 35
and the Fireboat Station

Oct 2016

CALIFORNIA BOATS
Alameda    Eureka-Humboldt Bay   LONG BEACH   Long Beach 15   Long Beach 20 
Long Beach Lifeguards   LOS ANGELES CITY   Los Angeles City 1   Los Angeles City 2   Los Angeles City 3  
Los Angeles City 4   Los Angeles City 5   Los Angeles County   Los Angeles County Lifeguards  
Monterey   Oakland    Orange County 1   Orange County 2   Orange County 3   Redwood City  
Richmond    San Diego Harbor 1    San Diego Harbor 2     San Diego Lifeguards 
San Francisco 1   San Francisco 2   San Francisco 3   Sausalito-Southern Marin   Tiburon  

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