Fire fighting capability

[rdbyam]

I am wondering how many have a monitor or deluge gun on a patrol boat for fighting fires. As a  volunteer fireman for 16 years(retired) I definately can see the posibilities, especially for boat fires and campfires close to the water than may get out of control. Any comments? How many gallons per minute? Do you have any hose available or just the monitor? any ideas on where to get grants for funding?

[BoatCop]

We have a fire station right next door to our Station. We have an informal agreement with them. They don't arrest people and we don't put out fires.





Here in AZ, Fire Districts with water-side responsibilities can get grants for Fire/Rescue Boats from the same source that we get funding for our Patrol Boats.

[rdbyam]

That why we love you boatcop, you always find a way to give us a chuckle.

[Monitor]

The NPS has fire boats where I work with deck monitors.  I don't know anything about the gallons/minute and haven't seen any hoses on the boat but there might be.  My only experience was driving the boat for them once on fire when they were short handed.  I found it's pretty challenging to keep the boat semi-still in a spot while the deck gun is spraying and pushing you back or sideways depending on which way they are pointing the gun.  I've seen them use it on shore fires and it seems to be much easier when you can beach the boat and spray.

[BoatCop]

The fireboat our FD had before the one above was a 27' Whaler. For a firepump they used a VW aircooled engine to run=the pump. Don't know what the GPM was, but it got the job done.

[Marine2]

We have a monitor on our ex CG 41' UTB. We ditched The original CG PTO pump and piped in a seperate diesal pump, with electric start, just forward of the starboard diesel. works great. Guys that did it where geniuses. Pumps water to the original Coast Guard Tri-gate and we can run 2 hoses and the Monitor. We use it primarily for dewatering.