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Pasco Fire Department dedicates new rescue boat

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Councilman Bob Hoffman, left, and Pasco Mayor Pro-Tem Rebecca Francik have a front row seat for Friday’s demonstration of the Pasco Fire Department’s new rescue boat. The crew is controlling a 125 gallon-per-minute water cannon. The boat already has been called out eight times. It is stationed at the Pasco Boat Basin in Schlagel Park. Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video.
Councilman Bob Hoffman, left, and Pasco Mayor Pro-Tem Rebecca Francik have a front row seat for Friday’s demonstration of the Pasco Fire Department’s new rescue boat. The crew is controlling a 125 gallon-per-minute water cannon. The boat already has been called out eight times. It is stationed at the Pasco Boat Basin in Schlagel Park. Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald

Council member Bob Hoffman, left, and Pasco Mayor Pro-Tem Rebecca Francik have a front row seat to Friday’s demonstration of the Pasco Fire Department's new rescue boat.

The boat crew is controlling a 125 gallon-per-minute water cannon to show off the firefighting capabilities of the 22-foot aluminum craft.

The agency has already responded to eight missions with the boat. It is stationed at the Pasco Boat Basin in Schlagel Park and the firefighters respond to it from the station on Oregon Avenue.

Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video.

This story was originally published July 1, 2016 at 4:12 PM with the headline "Pasco Fire Department dedicates new rescue boat."

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