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New Page Added March 21, 2015 Updated April 11, 2023

PORT CANAVERAL FIREBOAT 1
| Fireboat 1 | Fireboat 2 |

Guest photo Ben Dottridge Mar 2014

Port Canaveral, FL
"Fireboat 1"

The Port Canaveral Fireboat was built by MetalCraft in 2011
It is a FireStorm 36 with a LOA of 38'2" and Beam of 13'
It is equipped to pump 2,375 gpm
through 4 monitors and 2 4" LDH discharges
The boat is docked along Scallop Drive in the Port of Canaveral

NEW BOAT
Port Canaveral Fire Department has added a second boat to its fleet.
The new Defiant fireboat, delivered in February 2021, was built by Metal Shark.
The vessel is 75' LOA, with a 23' beam, and about 33" draft. It is a jet drive boat with (4) powerful motors.
The boat has (4) 2000 gpm monitors and a roof mounted 5000 gpm gun, as well as several 5" discharges
that could supply land operations.
Total pumping capacity rated around 10,500 gpm. It carries about 750 gallons of foam
and is equipped with a 500 lb Purple K dry chemical system with a bow mounted nozzle.
The boat is CBRN capable, and equipped with the latest in technologies.
Both boats will serve the port which has several cruise ship terminals.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW

February 2021