''Protector'' is a "Firestorm 30"
fireboat
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 equipmen ...
in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
, purchased in 2007.
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Design and construction
The fireboat was built by Metalcraft Marine.[ Her crew of three can operate all her firefighting equipment from within her sealed cabin. She is equipped with a single cot where an injured individual can receive emergency medical care.
Her water cannons can project 2300 gallons.][ Twin diesels engines can propel her at 44 mph.
One of her two water cannon can be dismounted, which would be useful for fighting a fire, on land, if an earthquake, or terrorist attack, had knocked out the city's fire mains.][
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Operational history
On July 29, 2013, the ''Protector''s crew provided first aid to a woman and her rescuers, after passersby plucked her from Victoria's Gorge waterway.[
''Protector'' was employed to fight a fire on a burning barge on June 23, 2017.][ The barge was loaded with crushed cars being shipped to be recycling.
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