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Updated August 9, 2011

NEW YORK CITY

New York City, New York Fireboat Station
Marine Co.9
The "Fire Fighter"
Staten Island

RELATED SITES
FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK
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YOU TUBE VIDEO OF
 FDNY MARINE CO. 9 "FIRE FIGHTER"
Added March 29, 2008

NEWER FDNY FIREBOAT PAGES
Added July 2011
New York FDNY 4 - Marine 1  "Three Forty Three"
New York FDNY 5 - Marine 6 "Bravest"
New York FDNY 6 - Marine 9 "Firefighter II"
New York FDNY 7 - Reserve "Alfred E Smith" and Retired John J. Harvey"

 

FDNY Fireboat - Marine 9
"Fire Fighter"
The "Fire Fighter" was built at a ship yard in Staten Island in 1938.
It is 134' in length, with a 32' beam and 9' draft.
20,000 GPM

The "Fire Fighter" at berth on Staten Island

The "Fire Fighter" is perhaps the most famous fireboat ever built.

Fire Fighter has a 20,000 gpm fire pump.

The "Fire Fighter" at berth at Staten Island has a panoramic view of the entire
New York City harbor from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Manhattan.

The Manhattan skyline from the birth of the Fire Fighter.
April 2005 photos

A 1986 view of lower Manhattan.

FDNY Fireboat - Marine 2
"John J. Harvey"
Built in 1931 - Retired in 1999
130' Length, 28' Beam, 9' Draft
18,000 GPM
Shown at Derecktor Shipyard, Bridgeport, CT July 2007

Harvey July 2007

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