Hate to break it you but firefighting in general is expensive. Even your average fire truck costs upwards of $600,000 these days. People want to complain about how expensive it is but then when something happens and someone dies everyone wants to bash our first responders. This was definitely needed
Uh, a fire engine (custom) is around 300-350K. A commercial chassis one will be 50-100K less. Ladders are around 750K to a million. This boat will probably serve for 40 years or more though.
They should have the best equipment instead of Commissioners, mayors, DAs, Governors, you know what I mean. It's more important than what desk you sit at in a municipal office.
not at all. if you consider that NYC is really more like a freaking independent state than a city. this is their first new fireboat on about 80 years, not to mention that NYC has almost more commercial/industrial shoreline than any other city, also consider that they have 2 or 3 fireboats of this size, where tokyo, the nearest comparable city has 9 mid-sized fireboats.
Rashad Agee only knew what you meant cause i visited the 9/11 memorial last week. RIP to all those first responders, volunteers and civilians that died that day
Three hundred forty three firefighters who died that day... They're still dying from the effects of the pile from their work they were doing for such a long time. God bless them all. RIP.
Looks like a really good investment. In general, we should invest more in Coastguard and Fire Brigade who are often underfinanced while the military has more cash than they can spend.
I love how people say this is not needed. the port of New York and New Jersey is the third largest port in the United States with over 5 million commercial vessels entering the port yearly. FDNY is responsible for fire and medical emergencies within the metropolitan area including the coast of New York and New Jersey. this ship is stationed in Staten Island and can be anywhere in the confines of New York City or New Jersey within a short period of time.
It is more like 60 thousand gallons! Yes there are only ( 4 ) 10,000 Gpm pumps but they plumed them with a daisy loop for the added benefit of extra gallon age per min.
George CIPRA I agree but in the video it appears he is referring to just one gun being capable of that. I wish I could could see the boat in action first hand .
hmm don't know why RU-vid recommend this but. I noticed this is 8 years old. So how many times has this boat been put to use, has it justified it's 27million dollar price tag?
I do not think that I have ever heard a reporter talk so much yet say so little: embarrassingly slim on facts/data and technical comparisons and very heavy on repeated fluff phrases "space age, technology of tomorrow"...
50,000 gallons a minute on one gun did he say? That is 1192 barrel a minute and no one will get that rate through that size pipe. He is mistaken. Maybe that much through all eleven water guns.
xanadujohn79 1. This isn't practical to use in riot situations. How many riots have you heard take place on water? 2. The police only "suppress crowds" when they turn violent. Peaceful protests are welcomed in America.
Have all the electronics on this boat been hardened to prevent EMP damage ? If Not Why Not ? EMP will render this boat a pile of driftwood at most in a fire.
Wow no one ever thought of that. It really would've cost only 26 million, but they added the convenience package for another million (floor mats, Bose speakers and EMP protection).
