The fireboat market has been surging over the last year, with eight North American fireboat builders filling orders for a variety of domestic and international customers.
The reason, according to several manufacturers, is that smaller communities, many with the help of federal port security grants as well as increased state and municipal funding, are ordering purpose-built fireboats for the first time. In addition, repeat customers in need of larger vessels have spurred design innovations at...
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