The ''Jack Buck'' is a

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operated by the

St. Louis Fire Department The St. Louis Fire Department (STLFD or STL City Fire) provides emergency medical services, fire cause determination, fire prevention, fire suppression, hazardous materials mitigation, and rescue services to the city of St. Louis, Missouri. T ...

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. She was commissioned On May 17, 2003. At that time she was the fire department's largest vessel, even though the city described her as a "

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". She is long. In 2010 the ''Jack Buck'' helped extinguish a fire that destroyed the excursion boat ''Robert E. Lee''.

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