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FIREBOATS

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For Fireboats, T e Heat is On

By Joseph Keefe

These days, cost-conscious municipalities across the fruited plain, from sea to shining sea, are ordering new wa- terborne assets to cover their many local responsibilities. When they do, they want ‘more bang for their buck,’ combining multiple missions – and the equipment that makes it all possible – onto one hull. That’s a tall order on the typically compact patrol boat style hulls that tend to be big on performance, but short on space for equipment that can demand a signi