I'm the Pilot of the 52 ft fireboat Kane at this fire. That;s the second boat to arrive at the scene. If you have the complete video of this fire, we would be very interested to see it.
Day to remember for the fire boat crews. Boats are cool but it’s practically never when a fire happens to happen next to the water so it’s maybe once in a career. Only airport firemen see less action.
ANY OTHER TIME YOU SEE THEM FIRE BOATS WITH ALL 8 OF THEIR WATER CANNONS ON FOR SHOW NOW THAT THERE'S A FIRE THEY ONLY USE 1...HUH!? KINDA OF ASS BACKWARDS IF YOU ASK ME..IF THAT FIRST FIRE BOAT WOULD HAVE USED ALL ITS WATER CANNONS THAT FIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT IN 5 MINS IF EVEN THAT LONG...
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I'm the Pilot of the 52 ft fireboat Kane at this fire. That;s the second boat to arrive at the scene. If you have the complete video of this fire, we would be very interested to see it.
You can see how effective the boats were once they went into action.
This is what I call a hose.
Now, almost 10 minutes to arrive. Not too much to save.
Good to see those fire tugs are used for more than just putting on a show to welcome cruise ships
@truegriper Thanks! Yeah! You're right. They were still watering it down three hours later which is shown at the end of this video.
Smoke cleared, trucks on pier; very good truck and boat attack.
@shipsbells Thanks! Yeah! I should have stayed on the fire but I switched to the cruise ships. Bad mistake.
Great coverage. Too bad the fire boats weren't there earlier.
@dodge889 I think some firefighters had minor injuries if I remember correctly.
@Rizza299 Thanks!!
wow that was a fierce fire
Day to remember for the fire boat crews. Boats are cool but it’s practically never when a fire happens to happen next to the water so it’s maybe once in a career. Only airport firemen see less action.
@VGAS1010 That stinks! Sorry to hear that.
@Lilyankee2424 I don't know. Nothing I've read online says how it started.
Scary Stuff, how did it happen?
skip to 10:00 when boat arrives.
wow ! how much water does that thing carry ?
its actully sea water but dont worry they have a big filtration system so it comes in dirty comes out clean
what sparked the fire?
they couldnt strech a line to the fire?
@untoIdmyth I don't know. Thanks!
I'm pretty sure there were some injuries
Seemed to take a long time for fireboats to arrive.
oh no was everything ok???
Thw land crew should have arrived by now.
ANY OTHER TIME YOU SEE THEM FIRE BOATS WITH ALL 8 OF THEIR WATER CANNONS ON FOR SHOW NOW THAT THERE'S A FIRE THEY ONLY USE 1...HUH!? KINDA OF ASS BACKWARDS IF YOU ASK ME..IF THAT FIRST FIRE BOAT WOULD HAVE USED ALL ITS WATER CANNONS THAT FIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT IN 5 MINS IF EVEN THAT LONG...
Nobody asked you because they all know that you have just been watching too much TV and are a well known expert on Marine Fire Fighting.
Yikes !!!!!!
@DiamondBonz Yikes indeed!!
Free car wash anyone?
Must be a union rule against stretching a line down a pier. Trucks drove by on the street apparently saying "is not my job."