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3 × manually-controlled 3 inch (7.6 cm) water cannon

Water cannon

A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-pressure stream of water. Typically, water cannons can deliver a large volume of water, often over dozens of metres / hundreds of feet....

2 × diesel-driven fire pumps, 2,500 gpm

Gallons per minute

Gallons per minute , is a Units of measurement of volumetric flow rate of liquids. The unit "gallon" is ambiguous, and may refer to either the U.S....
@ 150 psi

Pounds per square inch

The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units....
each

The CFAV Firebird (YTR 561) is a in the Canadian Armed Forces Maritime Command. Firebird is based in CFB Halifax

CFB Halifax

Canadian Forces Base Halifax is Canada's east coast navy base and home port to the Atlantic Ocean fleet, known as Maritime Forces Atlantic.It is presently the largest Canadian Forces Base in terms of the number of posted personnel and is formed from an amalgamation of military properties situated around the strategic Halifax Harbour in No...
, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her sister ship CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562)

CFAV Firebrand

The CFAV Firebrand is a in the Canadian Armed Forces Maritime Command.Firebrand is based in CFB Esquimalt, on Vancouver Island.Her sister ship CFAV Firebird is based in CFB Halifax....
is based in CFB Esquimalt

CFB Esquimalt

Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's west coast navy base and home port to the Pacific Ocean fleet, known as Maritime Forces Pacific.It occupies approximately 41 km? at the southern tip of Vancouver Island on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in and around the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia, just west of the provincial...
.

Her three water cannons can fire water, or fire suppressant foam from her two 250 gallon tanks.

The Firebird suppressed a serious fire in 's engine room in 2005.

On 22 March 2001 a large container vessel, the Kitano
Kitano (container ship)

The Kitano is a Japanese container ship.She was launched in Japan, in 1990....
, one day out of New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, requested help fighting an onboard fire after it had gone to sea. The Firebird proved insufficiently seaworthy to leave the protected waters of Halifax Harbour

Halifax Harbour

Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.Located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Halifax Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world....
to go to the Kitanos aid.