Little Venice problems

[bizzard]

The Fire brigade when dealing with what they call small fires like vehicles and small boats don't normally use the large long range hoses that spout huge quantities of water everywhere which they would use for large building fires and the like but a small bore very high pressure hosing system that literally blasts and blows the fire out by sheer force and not by just completely deluging and soaking it to put it out. The gas bottles would be their first concern of course and if near the fire would keep them wet to keep them cool until the fires out.

I have never had anything to do with the fire brigade ''I'm too hazzardous'' apart from having had many fire brigade customers and friends that I've chatted to about such things.

[Homer 123]

The fire damage is mostly in and around the rear of the boat and it's severly damaged. The fire brigade used mostly foam (some of which is still in evidence on the path next to the boat). If I had to guess (and it would be a uneducated long shot kind of guess), I'd say that it sunk due to damage from the fire itself. The front cabin area (beyond windows being blown out - possibly smashed by firebrigade?) - is relatively intact.

 

You can see it's already sitting much lower at the rear in the London Informer photo and that is where all of the fire damage is.

 

Had a visit from my son who is a London fireman today. He read this link and was livid about the slagging off of firemen doing their job. Apparently they can't carry much foam, which is water- based anyway and would still sink the boat . His overriding comment was surely its better to put the fire out quickly and safely, as if the fire was allowed to burn the boat would sink anyway and lives could be put at risk. His comments not mine!

[TNC]

Sounds like a nice neighbourhood.

 

Evesham Marina is nice and cosy!...last week we went to pick up some batteries from the marina battery centre. The Avon was over Workman Gardens, but the pontoons in the marina still had another 10ft to go.

After 23 years we are finally moving from Harefield Marina after Easter (so a few others!).

[Wanted]

Chris makes a valid point, maybe there would be a better way of putting out a boat fire whilst keeping it afloat, often a solution is found when more than one profession have a discussion. Maybe there isn't and that is the best way but we don't know that right?

 

Chris makes a valid point, maybe there would be a better way of putting out a boat fire whilst keeping it afloat, often a solution is found when more than one profession have a discussion. Maybe there isn't and that is the best way but we don't know that right?

[Lady Muck]

I suppose if someone is daft enough to moor a boat under a (major road) bridge and it then sets on fire threatening that bridge (they had to close the A40 because of the fire), then the boat sinking is the least of their worries.

[Wanted]

I suppose if someone is daft enough to moor a boat under a (major road) bridge and it then sets on fire threatening that bridge (they had to close the A40 because of the fire), then the boat sinking is the least of their worries.

 

Defo and i have full respect for the crews that have to deal with it but it would be interesting to see how they plan what to do and if they consider it in the same way we do?

[Chris Pink]

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Edited February 22, 2013 by Chris Pink

[Captain Zim]

The thing that really struck me about this was the speed it all happened at. From the first bang to the poor bloke inside scrambling out must have been about twenty seconds. Another ten and the boat was blazing away as shown in the earlier photo. He did come out holding a fire extinguisher but the police told him to move back as there were gas bottles on the back deck (directly below the a40 westway - the boat was moved back after the fire was out). By that point, I doubt he could have done much to put it out anyway, but it did make me think about whether or not I would be quick enough to use an extinguisher if I needed to.

[ditchcrawler]

The thing that really struck me about this was the speed it all happened at. From the first bang to the poor bloke inside scrambling out must have been about twenty seconds. Another ten and the boat was blazing away as shown in the earlier photo. He did come out holding a fire extinguisher but the police told him to move back as there were gas bottles on the back deck (directly below the a40 westway - the boat was moved back after the fire was out). By that point, I doubt he could have done much to put it out anyway, but it did make me think about whether or not I would be quick enough to use an extinguisher if I needed to.

If you don't need it to get out don't bother with it.

[Captain Zim]

If you don't need it to get out don't bother with it.

 

Good point. It was just an observation that even though the chap had it in his hand, it didn't appear that he knew why or what to do with it. Shock I would think. I probably would have been just the same. So I thought I'd look again at how to really use one. In the event the fire is blocking my way...

[tug-major]

Heard of burglaries gone wrong, fires on boats and more people ending up in hospital yesterday from a seperate incident.

 

Anyone know whats going on?

 

 

Info ... Boat was called enigma little white cruiser had a serious gas leak to gas fridge caused explosion when turn light on inside boat