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NORTH CAROLINA BOATS
Charlotte  Cornelius-Lemley  Denver  Long Bridge  New Bern
 Sherrills-Ford-Terrell  Wilmington

CHARLOTTE FIRE BOAT
(Mecklenburg County)

"Fireboat 38"
Charlotte, NC

2010 Response Marine / Viking Welding FR-30J
30' LOA, 10' 2" beam. Aluminum boat.
Twin Mercury 350 HP outboards
Approx 3300 GPM capacity
30 Gals of foam
Extensive electronics and equipment.

Fire Boat 38 and Dive 38 are kept in a boat house
on Withers Cove behind Charlotte Fire Station 38
at 12100 Shopton Road W, Charlotte, NC.
The Catawba River and Lake Wyley along the
North Carolina / South Carolina border are
protected by these units.

DEC 2015

"Dive 38"
Charlotte, NC

2006 Clark Boats Pontoon Dive Boat
250 HP Mercury outboard.

Charlotte Fire Department Marine 38 Station

CORNELIUS-LEMLEY FIRE BOAT
(Mecklenburg County)

"Fireboat 4"
"Simon Aliotta"

2010 MetalCraft FireStorm 30
33' 5" LOA, 10' 8" beam, 18" draft
Pumping capability approx 3300 gpm

Boat replaced a 23' Rigid Hull Inflatable with a 500 gpm pump.

Docked at the Peninsula Yacht Club on Lake Norman.

DEC 2015

DENVER FIRE BOAT
(Lincoln County)

Denver, NC
"Fire Boat 13"

2010 Lake Assault 28' Landing Craft Style
1500 gpm Pump.
Lake Norman

March 2023

LONG BRIDGE FIRE BOAT
(Warren County)

"Fire Boat 14"
Long Bridge

2019 Munson Packman 26' Landing Craft Style Fireboat.
500 gpm Capacity.

Lake Norman

March 2023

NEW BERN FIRE BOAT
(Craven County)

"Fire Boat"
New Bern

The New Bern, NC Fire Department operates a couple boats.
The fireboat is a 22' Boston Whaler
with twin Mercury 150 HP outboards.

April 2018

SHERRILLS FORD TERRELL FIRE BOAT
(Catawba County)

"Fire Boat 16"
Sherrills Ford Terrell

The Sherrills Ford Terrell Fire Department operates
2020 Lake Assault 28' Landing Craft Style Fireboat
as Fireboat 16.
1500 gpm pump.

Lake Norman

March 2023
 

WILMINGTON FIRE BOAT
(Anne Arundel County)

"Fire Boat 1"
"Atlantic VI"
Wilmington

Wilmington, NC is home to the retired Battleship "USS North Carolina" (BB-55)
Just up the Cape Fear River on the opposite shore is the Wilmington, NC
Fire Boat "Atlantic VI."

2007 Metalcraft FireStorm 50
7,000 gpm
500 gallons AFFF
38 Knots
(Photos April 2018)
 

NORTH CAROLINA BOATS
Charlotte  Cornelius-Lemley  Denver  Long Bridge  New Bern
 Sherrills-Ford-Terrell  Wilmington

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