Unusual Incident / Rescue - Whites Marina -5/22/08

[Guest Photounit]

Find out what these New Hamburg firefighters are watching when I post more photo's and details tomorrow......

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Oh for cripes sakes Billl, you can't do that to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is so unfair, on so many levels, lol!!

[ryefd192 2]

Seriously, isn't there a rule against cliff hangers or something!

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Seriously, isn't there a rule against cliff hangers or something!

Lol, if not, there should be!!

[tdc202 0]

I'll take a guess and say Bill is in some unusual position taking a shot the "black gold " spilled in the river?

[x242Steve 1]

That Bimmer's license plate is "GRNPEACE"... So I am expecting pics of stranded hippies...

[Beekman 5]

I bet its got something to do with a red ladder truck coming to save the day.

[gss131 212]

uh,i'll bite,someone stuck at the top of the mast of their boat?

[JetPhoto 626]

Were they watching Chief Moore put up Christmas lights?

[TAPSJ 30]

Maybe Thier Watching An Extensive Exercation Of Someone From A Boat. Because You Know Some People Can Have Acrophobia. Just A Guess.

Thomas

Edited May 23, 2008 by TAPSJ

[ryefd192 2]

So what's our time frame on getting the pics?

[tonyc856 16]

I watched Pirates of the Caribbean all weekend .. never saw what happened there.

Quote from firefighter on top of ladder “ Hi mam …. Nice day isn’t it?”

[Guest Photounit]

Ok,...... Here are the photo's ...... I had truly intended to post them last night but when I looked at the clock and saw it was almost midnight and said ....OH CRAP.... I have to be up for work at 4:30am ..... I knew it wasn't going to happen....... So, I posted the teaser photo which is one that made me laugh....

Anyway, I heard the MA dispatch for Wappingers and their Ladder 68-45 for a "person stuck on a boat - approximately 50 feet up" at Whites Marina. I said to myself - Did the boat hit a nasty wave and land in a tree? 50 feet up? So I figured I would go see what it was all about..... Apparently, a woman scaled the mast on a sailboat for reasons unknown - Maintenance? Trying to get away from her husband? I don't know...... But apparently she froze and was unable to come back down on her own..... She was about 35 ft up and straddling a boom off the main mast when New Hamburg FD arrived....... You might not think 35 ft is high but it is when your straight up and on a swaying mast to boot...... Anyway NHFD's Tower is out of service so they requested Wappingers to respond with their ladder to remove the woman from the mast. WFD set up their ladder in short order and safely removed the woman off the mast.

What New Hamburg firefighters had on arrival...... It was beautiful evening.....

WFD slowly inched their ladder up to the boom at which point, they fitted the woman with both a ladder belt and life jacket as a precaution.

The woman makes the transition from the mast to the ladder.

The woman with assistance of a WFD firefighter straddles the ladder bed to safety.....

Mission accomplished.......The woman who was elated to be off the mast is escorted off the ladders turntable....

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Hahaha finally, closure!!!

Looks to be a job well done by all. Will be interesting to hear the story behind the pictures (i.e. her reasoning for going up there).

[ems-buff 81]

I just love a happy ending with these comedies. Thanks for sharing Bill

[Guest Photounit]

I messed up..... I meant to post this shot first..... Here's what they were watching....

[Guest stephentyler20]

Good one! Actually, there's plenty of reasons to climb a mast... lines get snagged, you snap a halliard, etc... Only way to fix it is to climb up there. Usually you have a plan for how to get back down though!

[TAPSJ 30]

Just Curious Why Wasn't 53-45 Used??? I Am Just Curious, Thanks.

Thomas

[joshlost818 6]

Just Curious Why Wasn't 53-45 Used??? I Am Just Curious, Thanks.

Thomas

From what it says above it seems that 53-45 was out of service.

[on the job 68]

Just Curious Why Wasn't 53-45 Used??? I Am Just Curious, Thanks.

Thomas

53-45 is out of service, it was sold to a vol. fire dept in Georgia, New Hamburg Fire Distict has a new Sutphen tower ladder (SPH) on order, Wappingers 68-45 will handle all truck assignments till the new tower ladder arrives.

[DaRock98 76]

53-45 is out of service, it was sold to a vol. fire dept in Georgia, New Hamburg Fire Distict has a new Sutphen tower ladder (SPH) on order, Wappingers 68-45 will handle all truck assignments till the new tower ladder arrives.

Any idea on when the truck is due in??

[Guest paramedico987]

Usually when you need to go up a mast, here in the 21st century, you get hoisted up in a harness or a funny little bucket seat called a bosun's chair. Climbing up on your own is for pirate movies... and apparently her.

[Monty 35]

I didn't realize in the first pic of the ladder what the orange thing was. Reading the text explained it as a PFD - good thinking, didn't occur to me to use those looking at the pics form the comfort of home. Although, thought it was interesting the second guy on the ladder didn't have one on in that shot.

[Bnechis 3,961]

I didn't realize in the first pic of the ladder what the orange thing was. Reading the text explained it as a PFD - good thinking, didn't occur to me to use those looking at the pics form the comfort of home. Although, thought it was interesting the second guy on the ladder didn't have one on in that shot.

Good Point. If one needs it...both do.

Think on this.........He is wearing it incase he falls off the ladder. I'm not saying he should not, but we dont provide additional PPE to members climbing a ladder over concrete, so do we realy need it over water? Hmmmmmm

[Oswegowind 17]

I bet it was her beamer too....Should have left her up there...she was sure at peace...LOL!

[TAPSJ 30]

A Question, Why Isn't it On The Out Of Service List during The 1800 Annoucements??? Thinking Mutial Aid With That Question. Also, I Guess The Last Job It Caught Was The Church Fire???

Thomas

[JRS2817 1]

Funny stuff

Edited June 1, 2008 by Scang17

[PCFD ENG58 1,085]

Why would you sell your ladder before the new one is in service? anybody?