Winthrop Harbor Feb. 15, 2008 - Boat Storage facility MABAS Div 4 5 Alarm Box
Thank you to the Winthrop Harbor Asst. Chief giving me access this fire, as well as the officers that helped me out. I was a little far from home. ;-)
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Newport Township Fire Protection District pumper doing everything it can do, NOT to slide into the drink!
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right about the time I saw the airboat staged, they were talking about water freezing around where they were drafting out of the lake. I thought they were going to use it to put someone on there to keep the water broken up...
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Staging officer...
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They backed the airboat into the building and tried to use it as a giant smoke-ejector. It unfortunately, didn't do a very good job. It was a great idea though, I thought!
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Time to move some lines. As this fire progressed, keeping the equipment running turned out to be a problem. They had to move the 6" lines to make way for fuel trucks as everyone was starting to get low on fuel after 4 hours...
yeah, it was a bit nippy.
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