For years firefighting boats were crippled by poor power and control systems. Despite massively powerful engines capable of pushing thousands of gallons per minute of water, as soon as the fire suppression was enabled the boat itself lost ~~all~~ maneuverability and propulsion. Million-dollar boats were often barely as effective as a fire hydrant. Our applied systems and maritime expert, Mark Stott, led the charge to invent a power and drive system that could do both things at the same time, meaning not only could the boat manage to stay in position while dousing the flames, it could actually maneuver for the safest and most effective angle of address, significantly reducing the chance of sinking a boat in an open-water fire scenario. A technical maritime approach reduced damage to the marine environment and assets, and saved both civilian and fire-fighter lives.
Growth project:
Enhance the firefighting capacity, utility, and maneuvering capabilities of marine fire and rescue vessels for municipal clients. Dominate the market and better equip first responders for successful emergency response missions.
Approach and results:
Utilized unique, respected and proven 37 and 44 foot catamaran hull designs, propulsion engines, and jet-drive units to increase firefighting capacities 3-to-5-fold over existing industry offerings. Invented system for dual jet-drive vectoring and maneuverability station-keeping while flowing 3,000 gallons per minute of fire suppression water with dual pump redundancy. Performed deep customer needs analysis to minimize compromises and employ modular, powerful, and robust solutions that firefighters in the field are comfortable operating and maintaining. Orchestrated in-house and external engineering teams to design, validate, build, integrate, commission, and field two net-new solutions.
Three key phases of action:
- Understand the needs of the ideal customer base, the shortcomings of the status quo, and identify viable solution.
- Establish strategic partnerships, engineer and validate the solution, identify a first adopter client then create something great, ship it and sell it.
- Use the new firefighting technology to dominate the US market for fire-rescue boats under 50 feet in length.
A technical maritime approach reduced damage to the marine environment and assets, and saved both civilian and fire-fighter lives.
When traditional fireboats failed under the pressure of their own power, ronin helped Moose Boats reinvent how maritime rescue vessels perform. Led by maritime systems expert Mark Stott, the team engineered a dual jet-drive and power system that maintained maneuverability while pumping thousands of gallons per minute. The result: a new standard in high-speed fire and rescue vessels—more capable, more responsive, and trusted by first responders nationwide.
