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FDNY MARINE COMPANY 9
"FIRE FIGHTER II"
FDNY Fireboat - Marine 9
"FIRE FIGHTER II"
The name sake of perhaps the most famous fireboat in the
world "Fire Fighter"
the new "Fire Fighter II" was built in 2010 by the Eastern Shipbuilding Group in
Panama City, Florida.
She is twin to the 2009 built "Three Forty Three"
Both are 140' LOA and powered by (4) 2000 HP diesels can pump
50,000 GPM!
Marine 9 is assigned to Staten Island.
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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"
"Three Forty Three" and "Fire Fighter II"
July 16, 2011
Blessing of the Fleet day
THE OLD MARINE 9
"FIRE FIGHTER"
FDNY Fireboat - Marine 9 Retired
"Fire Fighter"
She has seen better days. The Fire Fighter was built in 1938.
She is 134' LOA, 32' beam, and 9' draft.
Her diesel electric motors supplied propulsion drives, pump drives, and power
for the vessel.
She could pump 20,000 GPM
through many deckguns and discharges.
Today, having been retired from service, she sits at the former Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
Brass wheel of the Fire Fighter
Signals for engine and pump control were provided from the
pilot house to
the engine room below via cables and chains that still work today.
Radio in pilot house
Signals from above were received here in the engine room.
Actual control of the engines and pumps happens here.
Huge diesel engines drive electric motors that actually power the vessel
Huge electric generators driven by diesel motors
One of Fire Fighters actual fire pumps
Fire Fighter had 5 large deck guns on her upper deck
Guns were fitted with various nozzle tips allowing for quick use of water, foam, or fog stream.
Nozzles are also equipped with siphon hoses that enable the
use of dye
to create red, white, and blue water displays for special occasions.
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