fireboat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fireboat
Example Sentences
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Seattle’s first fireboat — and the first one on North America’s West Coast — was the Snoqualmie, launched in 1891.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
On Tuesday morning more helicopters joined the effort to put out the fire, along with a fireboat sent by Mexico.
From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022
In the morning, the Coast Guard contacted Harbor Patrol again and its hazardous materials investigators took a county fireboat, eventually locating the spill.
From Fox News • Oct. 21, 2021
During a terrifying air raid, a warehouse is set ablaze, and a fireboat is despatched on the Thames.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2020
Docked at the North End waterfront, it was a fireboat, ready to spray tons of ocean water on the many fires that often took place on the wharfs that extended out into the harbor.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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