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Perth Amboy Marine 5

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Perth Amboy Fire Department (Middlesex County, NJ) has this 2023 MetalCraft Marine Firestorm 38’. It is dedicated to Captain Mike Barcheski II. Mike was the founder and one of the key people in founding Perth Amboy’s marine program. Marine 5 is a fire and rescue boat. Responding to more than 30 calls yearly, it is a part of the New Jersey Fire Boat Task Force which is compromised of a multitude of departments. Marine 5 is capable of flowing 7500-GPM out of 4 monitors (1 bow, 1 midship, 1 stern starboard, 1 stern port side). 


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DANIEL MIZAK JRCorrespondent

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