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Interesting story from Cornelius, NC, who have a FireStorm 30 in service at their disposal.

For the first time, Cornelius firefighters used a new fire boat to get the flames under control.

The boat arrived on the scene shortly after the call came in, and firefighters then attached a hose to it and started pumping 2,400 gallons of water per minute onto the flames.

"A fire this big overwhelms the domestic supply from the fire hydrants, so we use this -- a fire hydrant with an endless supply of water", Capt. Greg Shaner said.

Watch the video; there's an excellent point about operating in very shallow water, which Cornelius' Fire Boat 4 is designed to do.