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What is a fireboat?

What is a fireboat? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A harbor boat designed for pumping high volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
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He said the new fireboat should return to service in a few weeks.
When the other ship suddenly caught fire and sent SOS signals by flashlight, the fireboat shot out water to put out the fire.
Without a fireboat we may have lost the railroad bridge, as the access to this area is quite restrictive to large fire apparatus.
The boat was replaced in 1928 and is believed to have later served as a fireboat during the Second World War.
Police threw a life buoy to the woman before the fireboat arrived to pluck her to safety.
The aging fireboat has responded to thousands of distress calls in its half-century of service.

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