''Fire Fighter II'' is a
Robert Allan Ltd. Ranger 4200 class
fireboat
A fireboat or Fire-float Pyronaut, 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 ...
put in service with Marine Company 9 of the
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for providing Fi ...
(FDNY) on December 7, 2010. The boat replaces the original ''
''Fire Fighter'''', and is sister to the fireboat ''
Three Forty Three'' which serves with Marine Company 1.
In 2012, FDNY opened new quarters for Marine 9 at the Staten Island Homeport, a 1,410-foot-long pier in
Stapleton that was built in 1980s to berth the
Battleship Iowa as part of the former
Naval Station New York.
Naval Station New York
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Features
Construction of ''Fire Fighter II'' began in December 2008.[
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See also
* Fireboats of New York City
References
{{New York City Fire Department
Fireboats of New York City
2010 ships
Ships built in Panama City, Florida