Hartz-Booth

The Hartz-Booth fireboat is a thirty-six foot (11 m) boat operated by the City of Huntington, West Virginia Fire Department for emergency responses (firefighting and rescue) on the Ohio River and its tributaries in the Port of Huntington, West Virginia, United States, which is the largest inland port in the United States.

The Hartz-Booth was dedicated and christened during a ceremony on May 22, 2014 at Harris Riverfront Park, Huntington, West Virginia and given the moniker "Marine Company 1" proclaimed by Chief Carl Eastham and Mayor Steve Williams.

[3] Both the johnboat the boys were rowing and the fire-rescue boat the two firefighters launched to rescue them capsized under a moored barge in the swift current and drowned them all.

[4] The Hartz-Booth has an enclosed pilot house and climate-controlled patient areas, head and galley and is equipped with multi-agency, two-way radios, Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) night vision, Lowerance GPS-enhanced RADAR and side scan sonar, American Safety Room CBRNE filter system and breathing air cascade and refill system and a power landing-craft forward bow door.3 She is the larger of two boats operated by the City of Huntington Fire Department.

[5] A second Port Security Grant Program grant was awarded to the City of Huntington to construct a floating boathouse and sub-station located on the Ohio River to house the Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1 and the city's police patrol boat.

Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1, City of Huntington (WV) Fire Department, bow door open and moored on the south bank of the Ohio River at the Port of Huntington, West Virginia.
Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1, City of Huntington, (WV) Fire Department cruising the Ohio River at Huntington, West Virginia.
Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1, City of Huntington, (WV) Fire Department, flowing all three monitors on the Ohio River at Huntington, West Virginia.
Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1, City of Huntington, (WV) Fire Department, bow door open, fire pump discharge outlets.