The city of
San Rafael, California
San Rafael ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "Raphael (archangel), St. Raphael", ) is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), ...
, purchased a fireboat, they named ''Confidence'', in 2016.
[ The boat, built in 2003, was purchased for $50,000, from ]San Juan Island, Washington
San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, United States. It has a land area of 142.59 km2 (55.053 sq mi) and a population of 6,822 as of the 2000 census.
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, by the San Rafael Fire Foundation, a local charity.[ The Foundation then donated the vessel, to the city.
In 2020, San Rafael purchased a new boat Fireboat San Rafael and Confidence was sold to the City of Berkeley Fire Department as the agencies first fully equipped fire suppression watercraf]
She was built in 2003, arrived in California in October 2016, and underwent maintenance.search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...
, as well as fighting fires.
Operational career
The ''Confidence'' was deployed on December 11, 2018, following an industrial accident on East Marin Island, part of the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge
The Marin Islands are two small islands, named East Marin and West Marin, in San Rafael Bay, an embayment of San Pablo Bay in Marin County, California.
Geography
The Marin Islands are located offshore from the city of San Rafael, in the nort ...
, located off San Rafael Bay
San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, located in Marin County and the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California. .[ Construction worker Shawn Frederick Moore was buried in rubble when a retaining wall collapsed. Firefighters were able to unearth his body, but he had already died.
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, title = Construction Worker Killed In Accident On East Marin Island
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, date = 2018-12-11
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, quote = Fire crews responded at 2:45 p.m. with their fireboat "Confidence." Firefighters found the worker trapped beneath the collapsed wall had died from his injuries.
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, url = http://photos.marinij.com/2017/04/04/san-rafael-fireboat-confidence/#1
, title = San Rafael fireboat Confidence
, publisher = ]Marin Independent Journal
The ''Marin Independent Journal'' is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.
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, date = 2017-04-04
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, archivedate = 2017-04-06
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, quote = The department plans to put the boat into service in May.
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, url = http://srfirefoundation.org/newsevents/
, title = Fireboat Confidence Returns to San Rafael 3/16/2017
, publisher = San Rafael Fire Foundation
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, date = 2017-03-16
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, archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161028152213/http://srfirefoundation.org/newsevents/
, archivedate = 2016-10-28
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, quote = After several months of work at KKMI Marine in Pt. Richmond, fireboat Confidence returns to San Rafael. Next stage is crew training prior to becoming fully operational.
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, url = http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20170404/NEWS/170409913
, title = San Rafael firefighters test new fireboat
, publisher = ]Marin Independent Journal
The ''Marin Independent Journal'' is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.
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, date = 2017-04-04
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, quote = The 2003 Washington state boat was purchased last August for $50,000 by the San Rafael Fire Foundation, which donated it to the department.
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, url = http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20161014/san-rafael-fire-department-adds-fire-boat-to-fleet
, title = San Rafael Fire Department adds fire boat to fleet
, publisher = ]Marin Independent Journal
The ''Marin Independent Journal'' is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.
, author = Adrian Rodriguez
, date = 2016-10-14
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, archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170105164825/http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20161014/san-rafael-fire-department-adds-fire-boat-to-fleet
, archivedate = 2017-01-05
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, quote = With their own boat, local firefighters will be able to immediately respond to emergencies in San Rafael Bay. First-responders have had to call Tiburon or Southern Marin fire districts to use their boats, and sometimes they rely on the U.S. Coast Guard, Gray said.
Fireboats of California
2003 ships