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April 2005 55 crew training. "The Government of

Canada is committed to preventing pol- lution from ships and to continuously enhancing the protection of our marine environment," said Lapierre. "This tech- nology will significantly strengthen our surveillance program and help us achieve this goal."

Transport Canada conducts aerial sur- veillance to detect marine pollution from ships. When such pollution is detected, charges may be laid under the

Canada Shipping Act.

Currently, this surveillance relies on visual detection from crew on board an aircraft, who can survey approximately two nautical miles on each side of the aircraft. The new equipment will be able to detect surface anomalies, such as oil, up to approximately 25 nautical miles on each side of the aircraft.

The equipment includes: a side-look- ing airborne radar; an ultraviolet/infrared line scanner; an

Airborne Automated Identification

System transponder for receiving ship identity information; a high-resolution digital photography camera and video system with GPS data annotation; and a data processor interface that integrates all systems into one user console to ensure maximum efficiency during rou- tine and emergency situations. Transport

Canada acquired the equipment from the

Swedish Space Corporation of Solna,

Sweden following a public tendering process.

Sheriff's Office Accepts

MetalCraft Boat

The Broward County Sheriff's Office

Department of Fire Resucue and

Emergency Service in Ft. Lauderdale,

Fla. accepted delivery of Marine 6, its new FireStorm 40 Fire/Rescue boat.

MetalCraft Marine of Kingston,

Ontario, Canada, designed this new gen- eration fireboat with a top speed of 42 mph, a pumping capacity of 2,874 gpm and the ability to stop in just over one boat length by using its twin diesel water jets. It provides Broward County,

Fla., with offshore first response capa- bilities, as well as, covering the county's intra coastal and Port Everglades oil ter- minal. With the assistance of Hamilton 322 jet drives and twin Cummins 580 hp diesel engines, the unique delta pad hull design is reported to perform well in heavy seas as well as shallow water res- cues. Fire equipment includes two remote Elkhart monitors, one set on the cabin top with the other on the bow.

There are also two Elkhart manual mon- itors one either side of the aft deck, each having twin 21/2 discharges for hand lines. Darley provided 2-PSM 1250 pumps which will run independently or together from two built-in 75 gallon foam tanks. MetalCraft Marine Inc., builder of high speed, high quality alu- minum Fire/Rescue and Patrol boats is located in Kingston, Ontario, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River across from New York State. MetalCraft has

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