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Fire Department outlines capabilities of new CBRN-capable marine response vessel
Summary
Deputy Chief Janine Nicholson described a new marine response vessel (nicknamed 'moose boat') arriving in September with firefighting monitors, dive platform capability and chemical/radiological detection funded through a grant; training and berthing plans are in progress.
Deputy Chief Janine Nicholson told the Fire Commission on April 25 that the department will receive a new marine response vessel in September—referred to informally in the meeting as the "moose boat"—that will add a shallow-draft, fast-response capability with firefighting monitors, a dive platform and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection systems.
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