Event: Firefighting boat competition
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Location: Fred Kaiser Building, 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver
Map: www.maps.ubc.ca/?313
Time: Design showcase at 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. (Rooms 2020/2030); competition from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Room 1180)
Parking: Health Sciences Parkade http://www.maps.ubc.ca/?467
Event details: Fires last year at Port Metro Vancouver and onboard a boat in False Creek highlight the need for firefighting vessels in a large port city. Twenty teams of second-year UBC engineering students have designed remote-controlled boats that can move quickly, navigate obstacles, carry cargo and deliver water to fires using water cannons. Each fireboat must cross the water and use a custom-designed water cannon to put out the fire.
Interviews: Instructor Agnes d’Entremont and students are available for interviews.
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