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Fireboats Of San Diego
Fireboats in San Diego have been operated on San Diego Bay by the city of San Diego, California since the early 20th century, as well as by the Port of San Diego since its creation as a quasi-governmental agency serving the entire Bay in 1962. City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department The city's first fireboat, the ''Bill Kettner'', was named after San Diego's Congressional Representative William Kettner. The vessel was built by the city's own firefighters in their own workshop. She was commissioned in 1919. The ''Point Loma II'', a small patrol vessel with a modest pumping capacity, served from 1957 to 1977. She had a single water cannon, only capable of pumping 1,200 gallons per hour. The ''Bill Kettner'' was retired in 1961, when she was replaced by the ''Shelter Island''. The ''Shelter Island'' had two water cannon, capable of pumping 2,000 gallons per minute and 1,000 gallons per minute. A third vessel, the ''Harbor Island'', was also put into service. She had a single wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireboat Bill Kettner, 1921, San Diego
A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment. Older designs derived from tugboats and modern fireboats more closely resembling seafaring ships can both be found in service today. Some departments would give their multi-purpose craft the title of "fireboat" also. They are frequently used for fighting fires on docks and shore side warehouses as they can directly attack fires in the supporting underpinnings of these structures. They also have an effectively unlimited supply of water available, pumping directly from below the hull. Fireboats can be used to assist shore-based firefighters when other water is in low supply or is unavailable, for example, due to earthquake breakage of water mains, as happened in San Francisco due to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Some modern fireb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
