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- noun Plural form of
fireboat .
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Examples
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In the early hours, private fireboats fought the fire on the blazing rig as the Coast Guard, who had successfully rescued the survivors the first night, stood by and just watched.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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Because there was no central authority on site, the fireboats, desperately trying to save the rig, deluged its decks with millions of gallons of seawater, eventually flooding the vessel and actually hastening its ultimate sinking two days later.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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In the early hours, private fireboats fought the fire on the blazing rig as the Coast Guard, who had successfully rescued the survivors the first night, stood by and just watched.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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Because there was no central authority on site, the fireboats, desperately trying to save the rig, deluged its decks with millions of gallons of seawater, eventually flooding the vessel and actually hastening its ultimate sinking two days later.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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In the early hours, private fireboats fought the fire on the blazing rig as the Coast Guard, who had successfully rescued the survivors the first night, stood by and just watched.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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In addition, the fireboats serve as regional assets to the area, being the only staffed fireboats in a multi-county region of the Bay Area.
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Regarding Michael Moritz's "San Francisco's Public Pension Revolt" (op-ed, Oct. 22): The gentleman is misinformed about the purpose of the San Francisco Fire Department's two fireboats, the Guardian and the Phoenix.
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When he was ready, he sent eight fireboats into the Spanish fleet which was anchored off Calais.
Film Maxine 2009
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Our fireboats are not obsolete, and when they are once again called on to respond to fires following a major earthquake, as they inevitably will be, they and their captains and engineers will prove once again to be one of the greatest bargains in the city's budget.
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Because there was no central authority on site, the fireboats, desperately trying to save the rig, deluged its decks with millions of gallons of seawater, eventually flooding the vessel and actually hastening its ultimate sinking two days later.
Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout Robert L. Cavnar 2010
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