The 140-foot Three Forty Three fireboat is a $27 million ship is capable of 18 knots (about 20mph). It’s equipped with a 50-foot crane that can hold two people in a basket at its end, and actually has a camera attached on the underside to take a closer look at the water. It’s the longest and heaviest fireboat in the world, twice as fast as its predecessor, and can pump more than twice the volume of water. Read more

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