To meet the intervention and firefighting needs for marinas and ports, we developed the WT 610 P in 2022.
Presented at specialized trade shows and tested by several SDIS and private services, the unit we offer now has 1 year and about 10 hours of engine use. It is now time for it to enter active service. It should be noted that the discounted price of this offer reflects its status as a demonstration boat and its model year and cannot under any circumstances be applied to the sale of a new boat.
By choosing the WT610 model from our MSBOAT yard, we aimed to develop the most compact boat possible while maintaining the capacities of the fire pumps currently used in these types of missions; namely 800 liters/min at 8 bars minimum.
To date, only Tohatsu offers a compact model providing a flow rate of 1500L/min at 10 bars or 1800L/min at 8 bars, notably with a bronze pump body allowing use with salt water. It should be noted that the pump needs rinsing after use, and to facilitate this, we provide a kit to connect to a fire hydrant. This pump is removable and portable with its retractable handles and weighs only 127kg.
Equipped with its own fuel tank, it has a running autonomy of one hour at full throttle.
Mounted in front of the cabin, it pumps seawater through an internal T-shaped water intake, drawing from both port and starboard sides of the hull, thus limiting possible blockage on a single intake.
It feeds 2 outlets with a diameter of 80mm. Obviously wishing to also be able to handle hydrocarbon fires, we positioned a 400-liter foam concentrate tank in front of the cabin and a Venturi effect adjustable mixer from 1 to 5% installed under the deck to inject foam concentrate into the water.
We recommend the Biofor N** foam concentrate which is environmentally safe and fully biodegradable. A motorized stainless steel monitor nozzle is positioned on the forward port gunwale and is controlled from the cabin via a joystick as well as with a wireless remote control with a range of 50 meters. This nozzle is supplied with foam concentrate.
A second manual monitor nozzle is positioned on the forward starboard gunwale. It is supplied directly with water by the pump.
With an initial load capacity of 1200kg, the MSBOAT 610 can maintain a useful load capacity of 880 kg despite the weight of all these elements. Furthermore, with a width of 2.4 meters and an overall length of 6.5 meters, it remains very maneuverable inside a port.
A pilothouse is located at the rear of the deck, providing good protection for the crew and with a sit-stand bench, it safely accommodates the pilot and the operator in charge of the pump and the operation of the monitor nozzles. It is equipped with a console engine control, essential meters and gauges, a bilge water alarm, a fuel vapor alarm in the bilge, an emergency fuel supply cutoff handle for the engine, control of a powerful searchlight, control of the motorized monitor, a combined fishfinder/GPS, a combined siren, gyro and public-address system complete the onboard electronic equipment.
Several spotlights provide good illumination of the deck and the boat's surroundings. The electrically operated front door allows easy launching and retrieval of a floating stretcher. 1.2-meter wide side doors are equipped with rigid ladders that deploy automatically into the water when the doors open and allow people in the water to climb aboard without the help of a third party. Note that the manual lance can be aimed upwards to protect the boat under a water dome. This boat is entirely made from marine 5083 aluminum.
This boat is available from the close of the National Firefighters Congress, that is, October 9th next. If necessary, it can then be registered in Division 222 as a surveillance, assistance, and rescue boat in the 5th category (certification cost extra).
Note that to operate a D222 boat in this category, it is no longer necessary to hold the Captain200 certificate, but the new BACPN certificate suffices (Certificate of Aptitude to Operate Small Vessels), which can be easily obtained in a few days of training for someone already holding their coastal license.
