Maritime Reporter, November 1992

<BODY> <div> Boats & Barges The 107-foot, Fryco Inc.-designed fireboatfor Sao Paulo, Brazil Trinity's Equitable Yard Delivers Two 107-Foot Fireboats To Sao Paulo, Brazil Utilizing a Fryco, Inc. of Houston design, The Trinity Marine Group's Equitable New Orleans, La., facility delivered two 107-foot fireboats to the municipality of Sao Paulo, Bra- zil, including the pictured (to the right) Comandante Cianciulli. Trin- ity executed the contract, from the laying of the keel on the first vessel to the delivery of the second, in 14 months. The multi-mission vessels were also equipped with a modern trauma center, a decompression chamber for Fireboat Standards. The 107-foot by 25-foot boats have a displace- ment of 215 tons. The vessels are capable of delivering in excess of 10,000 gpm of water from a combi- nation of monitors and hoses, the fire pumps powered by twin Cummins KTA19 engines. The boats also feature a spray curtain around their perimeter to protect them from extreme heat when fighting close-in fires or performing rescues. diver treatment, and equipped to support scuba and hard hat diving. All multi-mission equipment was supplied by Engineering Equipment Company of Chicago. Both vessels are powered by twin 1,400 hp Detroit Diesel 16V92TA engines and utilize ZF BW-450 ma- rine gears. The fireboats have a service speed of 15 knots and a con- tinuous cruising speed of 13 knots. Hull and cabins were constructed of steel, the vessels were built to ABS, +A1, +AMS, Harbor Service erator of each boat has a visual dis- play of the basic instruments backed up by an elaborate monitoring sys- tem which provides early warning of system failure on any on of the six diesel engines, including bilge, fire and other alarms. The fireboats have Kobelt air con- trols for the two pumping engines, as well as front PTO controls to select hydraulic drive for the Telesquirt ladder, anchor wind- lasses, bow thruster or HIAB crane. The Telesquirt ladder is hydrauli- cally controlled from the base of the ladder and is used to direct a 750 gpm nozzle at a height of 85 feet off the water. For more information on Trinity Marine, Circle 162 on Reader Service Card Trinity delivered two fireboats in 14 months The navigation controls are pri- marily Raytheon equipment. The vessels are equipped with trolling valves for the ZF Gears for maneu- vering in tight spaces. With the assistance of the Magnum Bow Thruster by American Bow Thruster Co., the boats can turn 360 degrees in their own length. Provided with tachometers, in- struments and shaft tacks, the op- Brazilian Fireboat Equipment List Main Engines Detroit Diesel Propellers Sound Propeller Co. Fire Pump Engines Cummins Generator Engines Cummin Alternators Stamford Autopilot Raytheon Radar Raytheo Loudhailer Raytheon SSB Radio Raytheo Digital Compass Azimuth Magnetic Compass Ritchie Depth Finder Data Marine Marine Gears ZF Nozzle and Hydraulic Ladder Telesquirt Fire Monitors Skum Sea Crane Hiab Bow Thruster American Bow Thruster 15 Circle 205 on Reader BY ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>