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Ahoy, maties! Admiral Randy is out shopping for boats again. The Fire Bureau has put out a bid for two 50-footers. Perhaps we can have a naming contest. One could be christened the S.S. Lame Duck and the other the S.S. Carollo.
Anyway, you can read all about the new ships here, and here, and here. Avast!
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Comments (15)
The Admiralty is at it again.
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | October 19, 2011 5:38 PM
What: no "S.S. Caiman Search & Rescue"? (To be fair, at least Randy isn't trying to get the city to pay for starships. If he was, expect to see the plans for the "USS Al Bundy" any day now.)
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | October 19, 2011 5:59 PM
They should be named "For Sale" and "For Rent".
Posted by Evergreen Libertarian | October 19, 2011 8:11 PM
At least the self-made millionaires use their own money when they buy a yacht.
Posted by Mister Tee | October 19, 2011 8:20 PM
M.V. Smoke + M.V. Mirrors.
Posted by Mojo | October 19, 2011 9:28 PM
One thing Randy deserves some props for is having the Other People's Money concept down pat.
Posted by boycat | October 19, 2011 10:43 PM
The city paid a firm to custom design the ships? Why and how much did that cost? And how much would they save with an off the shelf boat? What's the GPH of two 1000HP engines? Why does the city need such big ships, that can't plane, for the Willamette?
Posted by Sam Clemens | October 20, 2011 4:37 AM
Oh Sam! You ask too many questions!
I bet the final cost for each of those boats could exceed $5 million.
I keep humming tunes from HMS Pinnafore....
Posted by Portland Native | October 20, 2011 7:15 AM
Perhaps they are "get away" speed boats, one for Sam and one for the Admiral.
They may need them.
Posted by clinamen | October 20, 2011 8:25 AM
When is the last time a fire boat actually fought a fire? I suspect they do more search and rescue like the lady who drove her car into the river through Waterfront Park last week. Still, is this something that we need right now? Is there a growing need for emergency response along the river?
Posted by CBB | October 20, 2011 9:55 AM
SS FU and SS FU2
Posted by Ralph Woods | October 20, 2011 10:14 AM
...Is there a growing need for emergency response along the river?
There may be if the house of cards falls down.
Unfortunately, the Admiral is adding to the trouble.
What else do the SamRand twins have in mind before they leave?
Posted by clinamen | October 20, 2011 10:42 AM
The city paid a firm to custom design the ships? Why and how much did that cost? And how much would they save with an off the shelf boat?
Not defending the CoP in any way, but in general fire trucks are custom designed to order (and generally built by hand...fire trucks simply aren't mass produced.)
Fire boats aren't exactly an item that lends itself to mass manufacturing; a fireboat that works in Seattle (a deep draft bay with lots of commercial maritime traffic) won't work for Portland (an inland river whose work is more search-and-rescue and small boat related). The fire boats on the Columbia have multiple purposes - the Port of Portland's fire boats are designed for dealing with airplane crashes (being they are stationed near the airport, but have never been used in that capacity).
Posted by Erik H. | October 20, 2011 12:38 PM
Regarding fuel comsumption, you can roughly figure six gallons per hour per 100 horsepower, give or take.
Posted by Robert Collins | October 20, 2011 2:57 PM
Multnomah County has a pair of pretty new boats for the Sheriff Office's river patrol. The river patrol handles marine search and rescue; Oregon law delegates SAR responsibility to the county sheriff.
Posted by Chris Coyle | October 21, 2011 8:38 PM