[1] Her sister ship CFAV Firebird (YTR 561) was based in CFB Halifax and decommissioned in 2014.

The ships were powered by two 365 horsepower (272 kW) azimuthing Z-drives and one hydraulic tunnel bow thruster.

On 4 December 2012 the Department of National Defence published an enquiry for Canadian shipbuilders interested in building replacements for the Glen-class tugs¸ and Fire-class fireboats.

[2] A single class would replace both the tugs and the fireboats, and would be operated by civilian crews.

The replacement vessels would have water cannons that could be controlled remotely, by a single individual.