fireboat

noun

fire·​boat ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbōt How to pronounce fireboat (audio)
: a ship equipped with firefighting apparatus

Examples of fireboat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Over 30 units, including air rescue and fireboats, helped the injured along with the U.S. Coast Guard, the City of Miami Fire and the Florida Wildlife Commission. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024 The massive ship was welcomed to Port Miami with banner planes and fireboat salutes, according to a press release from Royal Caribbean. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024 The highly combustible siloed grain exploded and the resulting fire tested the ability of the city’s fireboats and firefighters to contain the roaring inferno. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2023 Hyannis Fire Chief Peter Burke walked past two fireboats docked in Hyannis Harbor. Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023 From helicopter mountain rescues and lifeguard beach SOSs, to fireboats, hazmat units and California’s raging wildfires, the department does it all. Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 21 June 2023 Crestodina takes readers aboard fishing vessels, a research ship, Coast Guard cutters, tug boats (every kid’s favorite at one time or another), the aforementioned ferry, and a fireboat. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023 Most yacht owners do their best to stay out of the limelight, but Jorge Garcia actually had a fireboat precede his new Sanlorenzo SD96 Legacy to his Miami Beach home recently, with sirens blaring and water cannons shooting jets of water 30 feet into the air. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2022 In the morning, the Coast Guard contacted harbor patrol again and its hazardous materials investigators took a county fireboat, eventually locating the spill, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Department memo obtained by The Associated Press through a California Public Records Act request. Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fireboat was in 1849

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“Fireboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireboat. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

fireboat

noun
fire·​boat -ˌbōt How to pronounce fireboat (audio)
: a boat equipped for fighting fires

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