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SFFD fireboat Guardian - a watchful vessel.

 

Year Built: 1951

 

Builder: Yarrows, Ldt, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada

 

Description: Built as a fireboat for the Vancouver Fire Department with two deck turrets, one pilot house turret, and one forward deck turret, two on-deck house reels with 1000 feet of 3 inch hose each, a carbon dioxide system with fourteen 75 lb. CO2 cylinders.

 

Cost:

 

Length: 88 feet

Beam: 21.6 feet

Draft: 7 feet

Displacement: 188 tons

 

Propulsion: twin screw

 

Service History:

1951 Vancouver Fire Department, Fireboat 2

1990 Placed our of service and sold for scrap

1990 Purchased from the scrap yard and donated to the San Francisco Fire Department

1990 to present Fireboat Company No. 2, presently in an unmanned reserve status, Embarcadero at the foot of Harrison Street, Pier 22 ½, also the quarters of Fireboat Co. No. 1

 

Recall Crew as ordered by the Chief of Department: 1 fireboat officer, 1 fireboat pilot, 1 fireboat engineer, 1 company officer, and firefighters

 

Engines:

1951 Two Kermath 12 cylinder gasoline, 525 HP each for propulsion

Three Kermath 12 cylinder gasoline, 525 HP each for pumping

 

1. Rebuilt with two GM Detroit Diesel 12 cylinder engines, 456 BHP @ 2100 RPM each, for propulsion or pump and three GM Detroit Diesel 12 cylinder engines, 456 BHP each, for pump mode only.

 

Pumps:

Five single stage centrifugal (capacity only), each rated at 3,672 Imperial gallon/minute (18,360 imp gallon/minute total)

 

Fuel:

6,500 gallons

Aft tanks: 6500 gallons #2 diesel

Day tank: 250 gallons

 

Hose:

1000 feet of 3 inch hose on 2 reels on main deck

700 feet of 1 ½ inch hose in forward hold

 

Monitors:

Forward of pilot house, 9000 GPM

Aft., port & starboard, 9000 GPM

Tip sizes: 3 inch, 4 inch, 4 ½ inch and 5 ½ inch

Tower (top of pilot house), 2000 GPM

Tip sizes: 1 ½ inch, 2 inch and 2 ½ inch

 

Underwharf Nozzles: none

 

Maneuvering jets: currently not in operation condition

 

Foam system:

1 - 2 ½ inch eductor

1 - 1 ½ inch eductor

10 - 5 gallon pails of AFFF 3-6% ATC, in forward hold #4

55 - gallon drums of Navy AFFF 6%, on main deck

 

CO2 system:

14 - 75# cylinders on main deck controlled from pilot house and engine room (all compartments covered)

1 -150 foot reel line on main deck

 

Dry chemical extinguisher:

1 - 300 lb. ABC extinguisher with 75 lb. nitrogen tank and 10 feet of 3/4" hose

 

Hydraulic system:

Ships steering: jog lever 3 station control

 

Air Compressor:

2 - Quincey 340 rated at 150 PSI

 

Compressed Air:

Ship's whistle

Gear box and throttle control

 

Crane: not operating

 

Communications:

SFFD: 1 - Motorola 12 channel UHF (only 5 used)

1 - Motorola 32 channel VHF (only 3 used) OES mutual aid

Marine: 2 - Raytheon 'Ray 901 VHF marine radio­telephones

P.A./Hailer: 1 - Raytheon 'Ray 410

 

Depth Sounders:

1 - Furono model FCV661 color display

1 - Apelco model XCD 241

 

Radar:

Furuno Model 805 D with 48 mile capability

 

Pilot House:

Pilot's console - throttle and gear box controls

Steering controls

Radar scope and controls

Engine room telegraph system

Earmark duplex communication system between pilot house and engineer

Communications equipment

All radios

 

Engineer's Console:

Engine room only, not operating

 

Equipment:

1-12 foot skiff with 9 HP outboard motor

8 - SCBA (Scott 30 minute PD)

1 - Resuscitator and medical supplies

Forcible entry tools and other misc. firefighting tools

Oxy/acetylene cutting outfit (portable unit)

 

Flood lights:

11 - 500 watt flood lights (mounted on boat)

 

Search lights:

2 - Perko 8" 500 watt, mounted on pilot house

 

Portable lighting:

4 - 200 watt portable lights

2 -100 foot extension cords

1 -1500 watt portable generator

 

De-watering:

1 - Submersible electric pump with 1 ½ inch discharge

Done