Bravest (fireboat)

FDNY Fireboat

History
New York City Fire Department
Name| Bravest
Owner| New York City
Operator| New York City Fire Department
Builder| SAFE Boats International
Cost| $2.4 million
Commissioned| May 27, 2011
General characteristics
Class & type| fireboat
Tonnage| 80,000 pounds (36 t)
Length| 65 feet (20 m)
Beam| 17 feet (5.2 m)
Draft| 3.25 feet (0.99 m)
Propulsion| waterjets
Speed| 45 knots (83 km/h)

The Bravest is a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City.[1] She was commissioned on May 27, 2011.[2]

The FDNY currently has four large fireboats, including the Bravest, supplemented by approximately a dozen smaller high speed patrol craft.[1] The two largest fireboats, Firefighter II and Three Forty Three, are among the largest and most powerful fireboats in the world. At 20 knots they are relatively fast. Bravest and FB Feehan, at appx. 65 feet, are comparable in size and power with many cities' largest fireboats, but have the high speed and shallow draft of a modern high speed patrol craft.

Bravest's shallow draft of just 1 metre means she can fight fires in the shallow waters off New York City's airports.[1][3]

Her nameplate was carved from a plate of steel recovered from the World Trade Center.[3]

Specifications[1][3][4] Length: | 65 feet (20 m)

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Width: | 17 feet (5.2 m)
Draft: | 3.25 feet (0.99 m)
Air draft: | 14.5 feet (4.4 m)
Speed: | 45 knots (83 km/h)
Engines: | 3 x 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) diesels
Propulsion | waterjets
Gallons/minute: | 6000
Builder: | SAFE Boats International
Cost: | $2.4 million
Tonnage: | 80,000 pounds (36 t)

## See also

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* Fireboats of New York City

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Peter Marsh (February 2011). "SAFE Boats International Delivers One of the World's Fastest Fireboats to New York: The 64-foot Bravest Made Its Debut in Seattle" (PDF). NW Yachting magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
2. ^ "FDNY Celebrates Launch of Newest Fireboat: "Bravest" makes its debut during Fleet Week". Firefighter Nation. 2011-05-27. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
3. ^ a b c "Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano commissions new FDNY fireboat, Bravest". FDNY. 2011-05-26. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
4. ^ John Snyder (2011-10-28). "Pilots, Fire, Patrol". Professional Mariner. Retrieved 2015-06-30. "The 64- by 17-foot boat has a minimum operating draft of just 3.25 feet, with an air draft of 14 feet 6 inches. Power comes from three CAT C18 diesels, each rated at 1,000 hp at 2,300 rpm, with Twin Disc MG 5135 SC gears and Hamilton 403 water jets, giving Bravest a top speed of about 45 knots. A Kohler 20-kW genset housed in a deck box provides auxiliary electrical power."

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New York City Fire Department

Facilities|

| Firehouses|

* Ladder 8
* Engine 10, Ladder 10
* Ladder 12
* Engine 31
* Engine 33, Ladder 9
* Engine 261, Ladder 116

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Other facilities|

* MetroTech Center
* New York City Fire Museum

Fireboats|

* Abram S. Hewitt
* Alfred E. Ronaldson
* Bravest
* David A. Boody
* Fire Fighter
* Fire Fighter II
* George B. McClellan
* H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks
* James Duane
* John D. McKean
* John H. Glenn Jr.
* John J. Harvey
* John P. Devaney
* John Purroy Mitchel
* Kevin C. Kane
* Seth Low
* Smoke II
* The New Yorker
* Thomas Willett
* Three Forty Three
* William Frederick Havemeyer
* William J. Gaynor
* Willam M. Feehan
* Zophar Mills

History|

| Predecessors|

* Brooklyn Fire Department
* Long Island City Fire Department

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Major fires|

* Great Fire of 1776
* Great Fire of 1835
* Great Fire of 1845
* 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
* 1966 23rd Street fire
* 1975 New York Telephone exchange fire
* 1978 Waldbaum's supermarket fire
* 1990 Happy Land nightclub fire
* 2017 Bronx apartment fire
* 2022 Bronx apartment fire

September 11|

* Raising the Flag at Ground Zero
* Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center
* 9/11

Other events|

* Murder of Yadira Arroyo

Organizations|

* New York City Fire Commissioner
* New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS
* New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3
* New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1
* New York City Fire Department Squad Company 1

Related|

| Unions|

* Uniformed Fire Officers Association
* Uniformed Firefighters Association
* Vulcan Society

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Volunteers|

* Oceanic H&L Company No. 1
* Richmond Engine Co. 1

* 9-1-1 Tapping Protocol
* FDNY Racing
* New York Fire Patrol

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