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Original Feature Posted April 26, 2004 - Re-launched January 28, 2012
Updated November 15, 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  

OLDER MARINE UNITS

LONG BEACH FIREBOATS
Long Beach Fire Department built (2) identical Fireboats in 1988.
The "Challenger" and the "Liberty" were built by Moss Point Marine
in Escataupa, Mississippi.
88'6" length, 21' beam, 6' depth
10,000 gpm capacity

Also see Long Beach Fireboats
Fireboat 15
Fireboat 20
Lifeguard Rescue Boats
 

Long Beach Fire department
"Challenger"
"Fireboat 15"
1988 Moss Point Marine Fireboat
88' LOA - 21' beam - 6' draft
10,000 gpm

Retired in 2016

The "Challenger"
photos summer 2000

The "Challenger" in retirement.
photo Oct 2016

Long Beach Fire department
"Liberty"
"Fireboat 15"
1988 Moss Point Marine Fireboat
88' LOA - 21' beam - 6' draft
10,000 gpm

The "Liberty" Fireboat 15
photos Oct 2016

THE NEW BOATS

Long Beach Fire department
"Protector"
"Fireboat 20"
2016 Foss Maritime Fireboat built in Seattle, WA.
108' LOA, 100' LWL, 35' beam, 15' draft
40,000 gpm pump with actual capacity closer to 60,000 gpm

Considered one of the most sophisticated and powerful fireboats
in the world.

Another identical vessel named "Vigilance" is expected to be delivered
in 2017.

Photos Oct 2016
 

THE RESCUE BOATS

Long Beach Fire department
"Rescue Boat 1"
Fire Station 21, Alamitos Bay

The City of Long Beach Fire Department's Fire Station 21 is located
at 225 Marina Drive, in Alamitos Bay.

The assigned boat is a 31' 6" Safeway boat
equipped with a 1000 gpm pump.
It has a bow deckgun, small cabin, and large cockpit.

Long Beach Fire department
"Rescue Boat 2"
Downtown Marina

The City of Long Beach Fire Department's Downtown Marina station is at
the end of  Shoreline Drive at the Long Beach Shoreline Marina.
The marina is located across the channel from the Queen Mary.

The boat assigned is a 31' 6" Safeway with a 1000 gpm pump.

Oct 2016

Long Beach Fire department
"Rescue Boat 3"
Fire Station 20, Back Channel

The third of the City of Long Beach Fire Department's "rescue boats" is docked at
Fire Station 20 in Back Channel at 549 Pier D Ave West, Long Beach.
It is kept along with Fireboat 20.

The 31' 6" Safeway boat has a 1000 gpm pump.
The boat was built c. 2008

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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