Video shows Miami-Dade (FL) Fire-Rescue participating in a training operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to practice lowering rescue swimmers to a fireboat.
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The firefighting equipment includes a 1,500-gpm Darley fire pump (powered by a dedicated V8 engine), an Elkhart monitor, twin 4-inch discharges, and a foam system.
The landing craft style, modified V-hull boat sports a 63-inch hydraulically operated bow door (with an integrated ladder for diver reentry) and flat tread areas…