Fireboats of Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida has operated Fireboats, including a fleet of three fireboats from 1999 to 2001, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

[1] While other cities require the master, at most, to be US Coast Guard certified, Jacksonville requires all crew members to be certified capable of serving as the master of a vessel of up to 100 tons.

During the 1999–2001 period, Jacksonville fireboats were called for water rescues on 486 occasions.

[1] They were called to fight fires 193 times.

In 1922 the city commissioned the John C. Callahan as its first fireboat.