MetalCraft Marine Receives Order for Firestorm 69 (USA)

October 6, 2011

City of Boston has ordered new state of the art fireboat with Chemical, Biological, Radiological emergency response capability for the Boston Fire Department. The MetalCraft Marine FireStorm 69 High-Speed Aluminum Fireboat represents a new generation in fireboat technology.

It is a culmination of years of study and research into high volume pumping systems and their effects on a small boat’s stability, controllability, dynamic loading and righting moments.

The Firestorm 69 provides more speed, manoeuvrability and pumping capacity than any other high speed fireboat in the market today. Fitted with quad Hale pumps it is expected to produce flow meter results of 12,000 GPM.

High pump numbers are due to unique MetalCraft Marine proprietary designed sea chests. These sea chests have an intake three times the cross sectional area of the main, can be inspected and cleaned while underway and provide a positive head to the pump, as well as pump redundancy.

The monitor location is central to good design and is close to the center of buoyancy of the boat. This permits the helmsman to pivot the streaming at any angle. The boat’s head never blows off its course. Simplicity is the key to the fire system, and is based on fire truck system design for ease of maintenance and repairability.

This new vessel will replace the current fireboat “FIREFIGHTER” which has been in service since 1972.

Main characteristics:

Speed 35 knots fully loaded

L.O.A. 69’ flush deck,

B.O.A. 22’ 10”

Draft 34”

Pump 2x Hale RME’s and 2x 8 FKF pumps producing 12,000 GPM

Monitors 1x Remote Stang, 2x remote Elkharts and 2x manual Elharts

Engine Quad Iveco C-13- 825 HP

Jets Quad Hamilton 364

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Source: metalcraftmarine, October 6, 2011