This fire boat is a National Historic Landmark, is named Fire Fighter, served in the FDNY since 1938, and is now a museum.
To learn more, visit:
http://fireboatfirefighter.org
In this movie I took, they just turned on the pumps at Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport, NY in June 2013. Initially the water was rusty brown in color, because apparently, it had not been used for a protracted time.