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Three Forty Three (fireboat)
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Three Forty Three is a RAnger 4200 Class Robert Allan Ltd.
Robert Allan Ltd.
Robert Allan Ltd. is Canada's oldest privately owned consulting Naval Architectural firm, established in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1930. Their experience includes designs for hundreds of vessels of almost all types, from small fishing boats to ocean-going ferries, however the firm is best...
designed fireboat
Fireboat
A fireboat is a specialized watercraft and with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment....
built to replace the John D. McKean
John D. McKean (fireboat)
John D. McKean is a fireboat serving the New York City Fire Department as Marine Company 1.John D. McKean was one of the fire boats that responded to Manhattan during the September 11th attacks to supply firefighters with water after water mains broke following the collapses. The boat was also...
to serve the New York City Fire Department
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department of the City of New York has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response...
as Marine Company 1. It was placed into service at 0900 on September 11, 2010, nine years after the terrorist attacks.
Namesake
The boat's name comes from the number of FDNY members killed in the line of duty on September 11th, 2001. For days following the terrorist attack the only water available to the area was provided by the FDNY’s Marine Units.Manufacturing
The Three Forty Three was built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, FloridaPanama City, Florida
-Personal income:The median income for a household in the city was $31,572, and the median income for a family was $40,890. Males had a median income of $30,401 versus $21,431 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,830...
and is the largest single purpose fireboat built to date with the highest pumping capacity of any fireboat ever built. A sister vessel named Fire Fighter II was delivered and placed in service with Marine 9 in November 2010 to replace the 70 year old Fire Fighter, which is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.