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Original Feature Posted April 26, 2004 - Re-launched January 28, 2012
Updated September 12, 2020

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CAPE FIRE / RESCUE BOATS

CAPE COD AREA
FIRE / RESCUE BOATS
Cape Cod is a bent arm shaped peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean,
Nantucket Sound, Buzzards Bay, and Cape Cod Bay in the southeastern
part of Massachusetts.

To the south of Cape Cod are the islands of
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Numerous fire / rescue departments protect the communities on the
Cape and Islands. Each of these departments have salt water bays
and fresh water ponds that they are responsible for.

There are a few actual "fireboats" in the area, but most of the departments
use boats for rescue purposes.

Boats are listed here by community / department name
beginning with Cape Cod communities, followed by the Islands,
and Plymouth County.

RELATED LINKS
Each of the departments in the area are extensively covered
throughout the CapeCodFD.com website.

HYANNIS FIREBOAT 808
HYANNIS BOAT FIRE
MENEMSHA USCG BOAT HOUSE FIRE
VIDEO MENEMSHA USCG BOAT HOUSE FIRE 2010
SLIDE SHOW OF MENEMSHA FIRE

 

CAPE COD DEPARTMENTS
Barnstable Fire District
Bourne Fire Department
Brewster Fire Department
(COMM) Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District
Chatham Fire Department
Cotuit Fire District
Dennis Fire Department
Eastham Fire Department
Falmouth Fire Department
Harwich Fire Department
Hyannis Fire District
Mashpee Fire Department
Orleans Fire Department
Provincetown Fire Department
Sandwich Fire Department
Truro Fire Department
Wellfleet Fire Department
West Barnstable Fire District
Yarmouth Fire Department
 

ISLANDS DEPARTMENTS
Aquinnah Fire Department
Chilmark Fire Department
Edgartown Fire Department
Oak Bluffs Fire Department
Tisbury Fire Department
West Tisbury Fire Department
Gosnold Fire Department

Nantucket Fire Department
 

PLYMOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Carver Fire Department
Duxbury Fire Department
Kingston Fire Department
Lakeville Fire Department
Marion Fire Department
Mattapoisett Fire Department
Middleborough Fire Department
Onset Fire District
Plymouth Fire Department
Rochester Fire Department
Wareham Fire District

Map of the Cape & Islands area.

Fighting fires on boats and ships present unique and dangerous conditions.
Sometimes a boat is at dock and within reach of shore apparatus.
When away from the dock, fire on boats and rescue of occupants present
fire departments with some major challenges.
Fire boats are designed to combat these events when they happen.

Newest fire boats have the ability to get to a scene quickly.

Many times, the emergency is a rescue or medical emergency, rather than a fire.

The Hyannis boat is specifically designed to support a dive team operation
with a platform that is low to the water and provides a means of pulling someone
out of the water.

In 2013 the Sandwich Fire Department took delivery of this 37 foot Moose Boat
fireboat with a 2500 gpm capacity. Marine 439 is kept in the water at the Sandwich
Basin at the eastern end of the Cape Cod Canal.  The vessel is capable of responding
to incidents in the Canal, Cape Cod Bay, or Buzzards Bay.

Sandwich Fireboat 439 pumping demonstration at Provincetown
September 2013

Some boats are designed and built specifically for a department's needs.

In recent years, many departments have acquired "surplus" or used boats from the USCG or
other agencies and modified them to local needs.

ORLEANS FIRE DEPARTMENT MARINE 602
2000 20' Former USCG boat repainted

COMM FD MARINE 310
COMM FD Acquired this 2007 Safeboat 25' former USCG boat to replace the 1991 Boston Whaler
Guardian Boat 300. The new boat will be in service in 2014. It has twin 225 HP Honda outboards.

The DCR also has this boat, often kept at Brewster FD.
2020

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