Portland, ME

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Portland, Maine
Updated August 27, 2009

The NEW City of Portland IV
Portland's brand new fire boat
Built in Nova Scotia in 2009
Delivered in Summer 2009
65' LOA and pumping capacity of 3,500 gpm
Two bow turrets, two stern turrets, one massive center turret

Dive platform and access to the boat

Pilot house

The helm of the fire boat including the pump control panel

The pump controls are all electronic

The boat is equipped with an "ambulance" bay which is setup
similarly to Portland's ambulances. The fire boat will respond to
medical emergencies on several of Portland's harbor islands.

Large 10" pipe feeding the remote controlled monitor

Portland, Maine Fireboats
"City of Portland, Engine Company 7" and "Joseph C. Cavallaro, Jr."
at the city birth.

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PORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT

The "Cavallaro" heads out into the harbor on a medical call.
The "City of Portland" in the foreground.

Portland's Marine units.

The "City of Portland" Engine 7 on the waterfront.

The smoke stack and a deckgun on the Portland boat.

The "City of Portland" was built in 1959. The boat, also designated as Engine 7,
has a steel hull, is 65' in length, and has a pumping capacity of 7,000 gpm.

It has (4) deckguns and carries 250 gallons of AFFF concentrate.

The "Joseph C. Cavallaro, Jr." built in 1993 is 42' in length.
It is not equipped for firefighting, but is rather used primarily for medical
responses within the harbor and to the islands in the Portland area.