Anne Arundel Co. MD Fireboat Capsizes 4/3/2022

[Disp51]

Sinking feeling: Crews recover capsized Anne Arundel fire boat from Chesapeake Bay

Crews have finally rescued an Anne Arundel County fire boat that took on water and partially sank near Gibson Island on the Chesapeake Bay on Monday. Officials sayfour firefighters were on board at the time, working on training in adverse conditions when their boat started taking on water...

wjla.com

 

[raybrag]

Brings to mind the new fireboat the "BMCM Carl M Brashear" that the Newport News FD got in March 2007. It sank at its berth in the Leeward Marina before it was accepted by the city. The city got the boat back (with new engines ) in Oct 2007. The factory never found why it sank only that 2 out of 3 bilge pumps were off .

 

[entropychaser]

It'll be interesting to hear the "story". Seems that in years past somebody could get bumped off for a day or two after taking off a rear view mirror while backing into quarters.

 

[Bulldog]

Brings to mind the new fireboat the "BMCM Carl M Brashear" that the Newport News FD got in March 2007. It sank at its berth in the Leeward Marina before it was accepted by the city. The city got the boat back (with new engines ) in Oct 2007. The factory never found why it sank only that 2 out of 3 bilge pumps were off .

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For new boat just sitting there just one bilge pump should be more than sufficient! Seems like something else had to be the overall cause of the problem.