Metal Shark Delivers two fireboats to Miami

摘要

Jeanerette, La.-based Metal Shark has delivered two of three new aluminum "50 Defiant" fireboats to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR). Designed by Metal Shark and built to Lloyd's Register standards, the welded-aluminum monohull pilothouse fireboats FB-21 and FB-73 increase MDFR's maritime fire-fighting capability. The boats will replace existing vessels in its fleet. The new 55′×7′6″ fireboats offer faster speeds and shorter response times, greater pumping volume that increases firefighting effectiveness, and a next-generation design that improves efficiency while affording greater safety, Metal Shark said. "These new vessels were selected by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue following a lengthy procurement process and hours of research and development to provide our crews with the safest, most modern and efficient maritime firefighting platform available in the market," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Marine Services chief Andy Alvarez said in a statement. "We worked closely with Metal Shark to develop a custom-tailored solution to equip our crews with the most sophisticated firefighting vessel possible, and we are thrilled to put these state-of-the-art, high performance fireboats to work for the over 2.7 million residents of Miami-Dade County."