Fireboats in Mobile, Alabama

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As a major port there is a history of the operation of Fireboats in Mobile Alabama.^[1]

Fireboats operated in Mobile, Alabama include^[1]:
image	name	first year	last year	gallons per minute	tonnage	speed	notes
	Lurleen	1966	1967				Named after then Governor of Alabama, Lurleen Wallace.^[1]
	Ramona Doyle	1974	2003				Formerly a World War 2 mine tender.^[1]
	Phoenix	2006	present	2000			played a significant role when a barge containing toxic chemicals burst into flame in 2013.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Theresa Seiger (2013-04-30). "Mobile Fire-Rescue fireboat 'indispensable' in barge explosion response (video)". Alabama Live (Mobile, Alabama). Archived from the original on 2023-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20230801232908/https://www.al.com/live/2013/04/mobile_fire-rescue_fireboat_in.html. Retrieved 2023-08-01. "The 'Phoenix' was commissioned in 2006, the first of the department's fireboats to be built to MFRD's specifications."

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