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Use "fireboats" in a sentence
"When he was ready, he sent eight fireboats into the Spanish fleet which was anchored off Calais."
"Regarding Michael Moritz's "San Francisco's Public Pension Revolt" (op-ed, Oct. 22): The gentleman is misinformed about the purpose of the San Francisco Fire Department's two fireboats, the Guardian and the Phoenix."
"Our fireboats are not obsolete, and when they are once again called on to respond to fires following a major earthquake, as they inevitably will be, they and their captains and engineers will prove once again to be one of the greatest bargains in the city's budget."