The fireboat is a ship equipped with firefighting apparatus designed to fight and extinguish fire on sea waters or on shore, when necessary. In the USA for example, the fireboat was invented when a firefighter attached a small hand pump on a boat in 1809. Not until after the Civil War was the boat an essential part of fire departments. In the 1860s the country had become a major contributor in international trade due to the industrial revolution. The ports and waterfronts became busier and … [Read more...]