Crowley Maritime Corp. subsidiary Jensen Maritime has been
selected to provide detail production engineering and construction management
on an 88-foot by 25-foot Super Pumper NFPA Type II Fireboat for the San
Francisco Fire Department. Jensen completed the fireboat contract-design for
the city in 2012.
Vigor Industrial is slated to build the vessel at its
27-acre facility in Seattle. Due out in late summer 2015, the state-of-the-art
workboat is expected to operate in the San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay and the
Pacific Ocean within five miles of shore and the adjoining inland waterways.
The vessel is planned primarily for pumping, firefighting,
rescue, emergency medical services and patrol. It will feature CBRNE (chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear, explosives) detection capabilities, as well
as SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus) and local air supply ports to
keep crews safe.
It was designed in accordance with NFPA 1925, the National
Fire Protection Association’s standard detailing requirements for the
construction of new marine fire-fighting vessels, and the American Bureau of
Shipping’s rules for building and classing steel vessels less than 90 meters
(295 feet) in length.
The boat will have two fire-fighting modes, according to
Jensen. In normal mode, it will be able to pump 18,000 GPM of water at 150 PSI
through two 3,000-GPM and two 1,500-GPM deck monitors and two 1,500-GPM under deck
monitors and 18-by-3-inch and 10-by-5-inch manifolds.
In super-pumper mode, it will be able to pump 6,000 GPM of
water at 150 PSI through the forward monitors, according to Jensen, and 8-by-3-inch
manifolds and 6,000 GPM of water at 300 PSI through 10-by-3-inch and
10-by-5-inch manifolds.
“We have developed a good working relationship with Jensen,”
San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said in a statement. “They have
designed a state-of-the-art, multi-operational vessel for us and we are looking
forward to getting our new fireboat into the San Francisco Bay.”
