Fire preparedness at your marina
LaRea
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Have you and your dockmates ever discussed what to do if a boat catches fire in your marina? Does your marina provide slipholders with information about fire response procedures?
As if there's not already enough going on in my life: Last night, a really nice Cruisers 330 burned and sank on the dock next to mine. Injuries were minor. One adjacent boat was moved without damage. Another had severe heat damage and might be a total loss. In this video from a news helicopter, my Rinker (which is sold but not yet delivered) is just out of view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0FLAGMQ1bM
That's the only video you'll see from public media. We did not let press onto the property. During the chaos, we saw a guy walking around dressed like a police officer -- black body armor, lots of radios, wearing a sidearm -- except the banners on his chest and back said "PRESS". We made him leave, as the club is private property.
There's rampant speculation about the cause of the fire. We'll see.
As if there's not already enough going on in my life: Last night, a really nice Cruisers 330 burned and sank on the dock next to mine. Injuries were minor. One adjacent boat was moved without damage. Another had severe heat damage and might be a total loss. In this video from a news helicopter, my Rinker (which is sold but not yet delivered) is just out of view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0FLAGMQ1bMThat's the only video you'll see from public media. We did not let press onto the property. During the chaos, we saw a guy walking around dressed like a police officer -- black body armor, lots of radios, wearing a sidearm -- except the banners on his chest and back said "PRESS". We made him leave, as the club is private property.
There's rampant speculation about the cause of the fire. We'll see.
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Irony: Almost exactly one year ago, I started writing a fire preparedness plan for our all-volunteer marina. Unfortunately, the importance did not register with the Board or other boaters. Nobody volunteered to help me, and I never finished it.
I won't speculate on whether the plan would have improved our outcome of this fire, but I'd like to finish what I started last year. That's why I'm asking what your marinas do.
curious what caused your fire. Ours was stupidity. An open flame, candle, while the owner was showering in marina bathroom. Hmmm
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
Next morning. My boat is behind and to the left, on the next pier.
We don't have that, and never have.
If you started looking into it you would probably find people are not compliant with your Marina requirements, not by negligence just mistakes happen.
We are all volunteer as well but we each have our jobs to do and these volunteer activities remove our "work" fee from our dues. You can either pay extra each year or do a little work and get that reduced or removed.
I'm talking with the Marina Committee about how we can capture and share the lessons learned. For example, next to the fire, there was a 36 Carver that survived because a guy cut her lines and pushed her out of her slip. I'll interview that guy about what he did and what he learned.