Patent ID: 9272170
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A62C

Claim Text:
1. A floating vessel for fighting and extinguishing fires, said vessel maneuverable in shallow marsh and shoreline waters that are difficult to access by land or sea, consisting of; a buoyant hull with a lift davit mounted thereon; said hull containing a low pressure, high volume water pump with intake and discharge ports thereon; an intake hose connected to a suction port of the water pump, said intake hose having a distal end with an opening submerged below the water level in which the hull is floating; a water cannon connected to a outflow connection of the water pump, a discharge hose connected to the outflow connection of the water pump, said discharge hose connected on the distal end to a piping extension projecting away from the hull; said piping extension lying above the marsh shoreline surface and carrying a stream of water to a location of the fire to be extinguished.