Curtis Randolph (fireboat)

[2] According to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation it is the "only Class A fireboat on the waterways between Chicago and Cleveland.

[4] The Curtis Randolph replaced the John Kendall, an older vessel that required a crew of ten, including five men whose sole responsibility was to stoke the steam engines.

Detroit's economic decline has eroded the Fire Department's equipment maintenance budget.

[6] On February 19, 2015, Fox News's Detroit station reported that although in previous years the United States Coast Guard had moved the vessel from its mooring in the Detroit River in October to prevent ice damage, the board still had not been removed.

[7] On August 24, 2016, the Curtis Randolph was loaned to help fight a fire at a power plant in St. Clair, Michigan, 60 miles (97 km) away.