Английская Википедия:Fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia

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Шаблон:Ship is the most recent fireboat in Norfolk.

In 1924 Norfolk, Virginia commissioned the first of a number of fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] She was a former US Navy vessel, Шаблон:USS, re-christened Шаблон:Ship. Vulcan was a steam-powered vessel, requiring a crew of 18. She could project Шаблон:Convert per minute. She served until 1941.

In 2008, when Шаблон:Ship was acquired, Norfolk's only vessel was a Шаблон:Convert inflatable craft.[1] Vulcan II could project Шаблон:Convert per minute.

In 2013 she was supplemented by Шаблон:Ship.[2][3] She cost about half a million dollars, three quarters of which were provided through a FEMA Port Security Grant. Like other fireboats funded by FEMA, in addition to fighting fires, and search and rescue, she is sealed so she can provide a front-line response to chemical spills or attacks by chemical weapons, and to biological or radiological threats. She has advanced sensors, including infrared sensors that aid in locating a fire's hot-spots, and to picking out the heads of distressed boaters or swimmers, in the dark or under conditions of blinding fog or smoke.

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