Firefighter (fireboat)

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name = Firefighter (Fireboat)
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
locmapin=New York
location = Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, NY
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 38 | lat_seconds = 36.23 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74 | long_minutes = 4 | long_seconds = 18.26 | long_direction = W
area =
built = 1938
architect = William Francis Gibbs
architecture =
designated = June 30, 1989
added = June 30, 1989cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum=89001447
mpsub =
governing_body = New York City Fire Department

"Firefighter" is a fireboat serving the New York City Fire Department as Marine Company 9. She was the most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938. She has fought more than 50 fires, including upon the S.S. Normandie in 1942.

Other well known fires she participated in include the "SS El Estero" in 1943, and, perhaps most dramatically, the fire following the collision of "Esso Brussels" and "SS Sea Witch" in 1973. On September 11, 2001, "Firefighter" along with the rest of the FDNY Marine units and the "John J. Harvey", a retired fireboat being restored by volunteers, were in active service pumping water from the Hudson into Ground Zero when the water mains failed.cite web
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQK/is_6_7/ai_94509618
title = Fireboats: few & far between
publisher = Boat/US Magazine
accessdate = 2008-03-14]

"Firefighter" was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2075&ResourceType=Structure
title=FIREFIGHTER (Fireboat)|date=2007-09-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/89001447.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Firefighter] |461 KB|author=James P. Delgado|date=January 20, 1989|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/89001447.pdf "Accompanying 8 photos from 1939, 1942, and 1988".] |1.26 MB]

"Firefighter" continues to serve today but is scheduled to be retired in 2009. [ [http://nyfd.com/calderoneA/lerch17.html NYFD.com] ]

References

External links

* [http://nyfd.com/marine/Marine_9.html Marine 9]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69d44jQQ1o "Fire Fighter" Youtube video of 2003 rechristening and operation on the water]
* [http://www.animatedsoftware.com/pumpglos/fireboat.htm An artistic representation of Firefighter]
* [http://oldtacomamarine.com/other/firefighter.html Information about the Firefighter's Winton diesel engines on Old Tacoma Marine Inc]