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North River Boats Delivers New Fire Boat to Biloxi Fire Department boats in the marketplace, this is the most popular hull North

River Boats builds. Biloxi’s new boat has Dual Task Force

Tips Typhoon bow and stern monitors, Task Force Tips

VUMs at the both monitors have 2.5-inch take-offs. The boat is also equipped with a Kohler 7.5 kW marine genera-

Oregon-based North River Boats has delivered another tor, Dometic air conditioner with heat strip, King Air electric new ? re boat. The second ? re boat delivered in 2018 is for interior heat, Operator and Navigator suspension seats, two

Biloxi Fire Department in Biloxi, Mississippi. The ? reboat casualty benches for patients on backboards and stokes/back- was based on the extremely popular and commercially re- board storage. Oxygen bottle storage and SCBA mounts are liable Sounder model. With well over a thousand of these all included making the interior a small EMT station.

LOA: 36’ Sprint Speed: 40 knots Propulsion: Twin Yamaha 4.2L 300 HP Outboard

Beam: 9’- 6”Cruise Speed: 28 knots Fire Pump: Darley 1500 GPM

Bottom width: 9’Deadrise: 24 degrees Fuel Capacity: 170 Gallons

Moose Boats Wins North Beach VFD Contract

Moose Boats was awarded a contract from North Beach

Volunteer Fire Department in Chesapeake Beach, Mary- land, for the construction of a M1-46 Fire Rescue Cat- amaran. The M1 will be equipped to accommodate the wide range of response scenarios. The M1-46 catamaran’s large walk-around climate controlled cabin will be out? t- ted for patient treatment, search and rescue and incident Calvert County, Maryland jointly funded the purchase of command. The deck will be out? tted for deploying life the new Moose Boat which will respond to incidents on rafts and dive teams, beach rescue and a large volume the majority of the western shores of the Chesapeake Bay. discharge for ? re suppression water supply to land based Moose Boats has constructed vessels for some of the most apparatus. North Beach Volunteer Fire Department and prestigious ? re departments throughout the United States.

LOA: 38’ – 10”LWL: 30’ – 2” Freeboard: 45” @ MidshipPropulsion: (2) Cummins QSB6.7 425hp

LWL: 30’ – 2”Draft (Max): 24”Displacement: 19,000 lbs. (dry)Propulsion Units: Hamilton Jet HJ292

Beam: 13’ – 10”Dead Rise: (Aft) 15ºFuel Tankage: 300 GallonsFire