The Ocean City FD
has finally put their Fire Boat in the Water. This 32' vessel was built
by Moore Boats of Bishopville, MD. The unique hull design allows for
shallow draft and greater stability and handling.
It has a
700-horsepower diesel power plant and 1200-gpm fire pump. It is kept on a
lift at the end of 13th Street west of St Louis Avenue near the 15th
Street Firehouse in Ocean City. Keep in mind the adjacent condos (and boats) are private property.
To learn more on Moore Boats go to Moore Boats website.
If in Ocean
City you may see this along Coastal Highway out front of the Gold Coast Mall. Holding up a banner (thumping a beer sale, happy hour or the like) is this old engine is lettered (barely visible) for the Hacks
Point VFCo of Cecil County.
Based on my records this is a 1960,
International "R-185", Seagrave 750-gpm with 750-gallon water tank. As I
have, it ran as Engine 1 later Engine 911 and was retired before
1998.
All photos by Rusty.
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