Horrible, just horrible.
Interesting you say that...one of the Yacht Clubs we frequent was required by their Insurance company to supply 4" headers for the fire department at the beginning of each dock segment. Cost them a bundle. Surprisingly the number of docks is not that large maybe 150 boats.I'm very relieved to see no lives lost and no serious injuries.
A question I toss out is "Would you be willing to pay slightly more for dockage at a marina that had a pump and had fire hoses on all docks?"
Interesting you say that...one of the Yacht Clubs we frequent was required by their Insurance company to supply 4" headers for the fire department at the beginning of each dock segment. Cost them a bundle. Surprisingly the number of docks is not that large maybe 150 boats.
Well, it just seems a bit strange to me that docks are located on water, yet have no water supplied to them for fighting fires. I will make an observation here too that the PNW sure seems to have more than their share of marina fires.
OUr small marina and the club I used to belong to installed a large supply pipe on their own a bunch of years ago. It was meant to be supplied by the fire department from the nearest hydrant or the pumper truck running a steel main down to the head of each branch from the main dock. Still left some distances but cut off a huge level of hoses needed. Then the fire dept. would use hoses to fill in the rest of the way.
Thank heaven has not been needed.
Why not put in their own pump though? Not like there is a shortage of water at the docks.
Maybe there's more heaters running in the PNW? More liveaboards? Are there a lot of smaller boats in slips, with gas engines?
I'm very relieved to see no lives lost and no serious injuries.
A question I toss out is "Would you be willing to pay slightly more for dockage at a marina that had a pump and had fire hoses on all docks?"
Sad losses for sure. Maybe not all PNW marina's are strict enough regarding unattended heating methods. Also, maybe a case to have liveaboards scattered throughout, as they could raise the alarm earlier and move adjoining boats out of harms way.
I'm surprised at the question about paying more for places with fire hoses. Down here AFAIK its a mandatory condition of the marina head lease or approval permit. My own finger with just 12 slips has a fire hose at the first berth and another at the outermost berth, as well as a header where the finger meets the shore.
Absolutely not, just cut the boats free, untie them, float away and jump to another boat.
A lot of dings and scrapes are better than a melted boat and insurance companies know that.
If people knew how to tie boats up well, it takes less than a minute to untie a boat and push it out of a slip unless wind or current have it pinned in.
I have towed a boat out of a marina that was on fire at the fuel dock, not all fires are instant conflagrations.
Life brings challenges....confront them.