Specialized Expertise for Specialized Boats

Marine Firefighting is a highly specialized discipline that requires highly specialized equipment and knowledge. Fireboats have to work when duty calls. Neponset Marine has over a decade of experience dealing with the complexities of fireboats, fire departments, and municipalities. Whatever you need, Neponset Marine can deliver.

Services

• New Build Specifications: We can help you decide on a design or manufacture and create custom specifications that will ensure your department gets the vessel it needs.

• Project Management: When you decide to build a new vessel or re-fit an existing one the process can be complex and filled with pitfalls that can cost your department time and money. Neponset Marine can help ensure that your fireboat project comes in on time and at budget.

• Condition Survey: The care and attention a fireboat receives can fluctuate over its life based on any number of factors. If your department vessels are struggling or just want an idea of where your boats are Neponset Marine can provide you with a full condition survey of your vessel and provide detailed recommendations on what your department is doing right and what they may need to work on.

• Valuation Survey: Marine Firefighting vessels are expensive and complex vessels. In order to fully value a fireboat, you need to understand the market. Neponset Marine has decades in the marine industry and a decade in specifying, building, and managing municipal fire boats. Let Neponset Marine ensure your fireboat is fully and accurately valued so it can be fully protected.

• Repair and Maintenance Programs: If your departments vessels are in need of a maintenance program, Neponset Marine has decades of experience in creating and managing vessel maintenance programs. Let us help you create a program that will work for your department's unique operation.

• Training and Operations: Fire Fighting and Marine Operations are two distinct professions; however, fire departments don't always see it that way. Neponset Marine can help bridge the gap and create a specialized program to train your members to be professional firefighters and mariners. Our team of career firefighters and fire officers are all USCG-licensed mariners with years of fire boat and commercial operations experience.

• Budget Planning: Buying and operating a fireboat is a large financial commitment, just how large depends on a number of factors. If your department is thinking about creating a marine unit or if you have one and need help creating an operational budget, Neponset Marine can help you. Give a call to discuss your unique needs.