South of Heaven
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- May 11, 2017
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- Vessel Name
- Slow Lane
- Vessel Make
- 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
never did see anything resembling a fireboat.
Interesting. I thought all marinas have some sort of sworn harbor patrol. Our Marina's HP has pumps and nozzles on all their little whalers and Radons plus a CG cutter.Most marinas in most of the country don't have access to a fireboat
You can do as much good with a grappling hook on thick-ish cotton rope and attempt to pull it away from a dock or other boats to shallow water or even ground a boat for the local fire department to attack from land. Some law enforcement patrol vessels and marina service or tow vessels have push bumper arrangements to do the same thing.
I don't blame those two fellas in the small boat for retreating. It would have been incredibly hot from radiant heat that close without any protective gear or a cabin to shield them.
Most of our boats are built to burn
I can confirm the Stamford fire department definitely has a fireboat (or at least they did as of a couple years ago).
EDIT: Found a mention that the Stamford fire boat was out of service with a mechanical issue at the time
Shocking they had no reserve vessel. Super basic practice in the 1st responder biz.I hope Stamford can afford to pay all the damages.
What an overall pathetic response to the fire. But of course someone had time to take the video.
Shocking they had no reserve vessel. Super basic practice in the 1st responder biz.
Always easy to second guess an emergency response, but Stamford is not some peanut, small potatoes marina or boating area. Oh gee, our boat was broken - doesn't cut it.
I doubt anyone could have gotten anywhere near close enough to throw an anchor or get any line on that boat.
Stamford doesn't look like small marina. Our marina has about a thousand slips and have several fireboats. Stamford needs to do some soul searching.Not only do many marinas exist in places where there is no fireboat....having a backup vessel except in major harbors is even more rare.
Stamford doesn't look like small marina. Our marina has about a thousand slips and have several fireboats. Stamford needs to do some soul searching.
It would have been very easy to throw an anchor with about 10 or 15 feet of chain in into the boat and then tie that to an anchor and basically anchor the boat out in the middle of the harbor. Instead they let it drift into the other dock and burn several more boats. We have done this with a burning boat before and it stayed where we anchored it. That made it pretty easy to salvage because it was anchored to a spot so it didn’t drift before or after it sank. The whole key is using some chain on the anchor that is thrown into the burning boat so it doesn’t burn through the anchor line.