page_title: Fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: Fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia
caption_attribution_description: Photo: Monica E. Del Coro Norfolk Harborfest June 8, 2019 TDelCoro
context_page_description: In 1924 Norfolk, Virginia commissioned the first of a number of fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia. She was a former US Navy vessel, USS Gen. Harvey H. Brown, re-christened Vulcan. Vulcan was a steam-powered vessel, requiring a crew of 18. She could project 6,000 US gallons per minute. She served until 1941.
  In 2008, when Vulcan II was acquired, Norfolk's only vessel was a 22-foot inflatable craft. Vulcan II could project 2,500 US gallons per minute.
  In 2013 she was supplemented by Thomas Kevill. She cost about half a million dollars, three quarters of which were provided through a FEMA Port Security Grant. Like other fireboats funded by FEMA, in addition to fighting fires, and search and rescue, she is sealed so she can provide a front-line response to chemical spills or attacks by chemical weapons, and to biological or radiological threats. She has advanced sensors, including infrared sensors that aid in locating a fire's hot-spots, and to picking out the heads of distressed boaters or swimmers, in the dark or under conditions of blinding fog or smoke.
context_section_description: In 1924 Norfolk, Virginia commissioned the first of a number of fireboats in Norfolk, Virginia.  She was a former US Navy vessel, USS Gen. Harvey H. Brown, re-christened Vulcan. Vulcan was a steam-powered vessel, requiring a crew of 18.  She could project 6,000 US gallons (23,000 l) per minute.  She served until 1941.
  In 2008, when Vulcan II was acquired, Norfolk's only vessel was a 22-foot (6.7 m) inflatable craft. Vulcan II could project  2,500 US gallons (9,500 l) per minute.
  In 2013 she was supplemented by Thomas Kevill.  She cost about half a million dollars, three quarters of which were provided through a FEMA Port Security Grant.  Like other fireboats funded by FEMA, in addition to fighting fires, and search and rescue, she is sealed so she can provide a front-line response to chemical spills or attacks by chemical weapons, and to biological or radiological threats.  She has advanced sensors, including infrared sensors that aid in locating a fire's hot-spots, and to picking out the heads of distressed boaters or swimmers, in the dark or under conditions of blinding fog or smoke.
caption: Thomas Kevill is the most recent fireboat in Norfolk.
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