Is there a function like DUMP in Oracle?

You can cast the result as character set octets. It is used for plain old binary data and most clients (isql, FlameRobin, etc.) would display it as hexadecimal numbers. Example:

select cast('Firebird' as varchar(20) CHARACTER SET OCTETS)
from RDB$DATABASE

Would print:

4669726562697264

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