  Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 171 Registered: 08-2005 |
At about 5:20 pm, Canadian-registered tugboat Reliance reported to the US Coast Guard she had an electrical fire in her engine room. The tug is docked at Nicholson’s Detroit (Detroit Marine Terminals), located below the Ambassador Bridge. The 10 crew members were evacuated after shutting the tug up tight & calling the Detroit Fire Department. At 5:30 pm, the crew reported seeing no smoke coming from the tug. As of 6:15 pm, area vessels mentioned seeing fire trucks, Coast Guard vessels, & the fireboat Curtis Randolph on scene. Purvis Marine Ltd, of Sault Ste. Marie, ON owns the tug. Tug Reliance & her barge PML 9000 arrived at Detroit Marine Terminals at 3:50 pm. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2030 Registered: 10-2006 |
DFD has a fireboat? | ||
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 172 Registered: 08-2005 |
Sure does. http://www.boatnerd.com/pictur es/tug/images/crandolph-red.jp g http://www.digitalrailroad.net /royfel/Common/PhotoDetailPage .aspx?msa=0&pid=5429802 | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 202 Registered: 02-2005 |
I think DFD Fireboat is down. repairs. It costs too much to run it. | ||
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 173 Registered: 08-2005 |
She's up & running. She was in the drydock at Nicholson's Ecorse for repainting & such awhile back. This past Saturday, she took part in the Lost Sailors Remembrance service at the Dossin Museum on Belle Isle. Tonight, the US Coast Guard reported on the scanner, as did passing vessels (salty Seneca & mailboat J.W. Westcott II) that she was on the scene at DMT. (Message edited by awfavre on November 15, 2007) | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2033 Registered: 10-2006 |
How quickly can the DFD fireboat respond? Doesn't look like that thing would be a real quick mover. | ||
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 174 Registered: 08-2005 |
I don't know the Randolph's exact response time, but she ties up at the J.W. Westcott Office just below the Ambassador Bridge. That's only a football field or two away from the DMT, where the tug fire is. So, I would imagine her response time was pretty quick in this instance. | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 204 Registered: 02-2005 |
we saw the Detroit Fireworks aboard the Randolph a few years back. What a beautiful sight. we were the closest to the fireworks. | ||
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42 Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2006 |
The Detroit Fire Department has maintained a Fire Station on the river since 1893. The current quarters is next to the Westcotts. In todays incident,the marine crew had the boat ready.The firefighting crew (Squad 4 ) boarded and the boat was on the way in four minutes. D.F.D. has a long and proud history on the river. | ||
Maddog Member Username: Maddog Post Number: 12 Registered: 04-2007 |
YES.... The Fire Boat has it own quarters next too the wescott. Its a city owned building... Ask the City of Trenton and Windsor about the fire boat and Ford Motor Co.. | ||
Wfd Member Username: Wfd Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2007 |
The current fireboat the Kurtis Randall is a 1979 Venda/Pierce with a 55ft Telisquirt dept # 547 and is currently painted a nice red and white, The current FB 1's quarters is at the foot of 24th and is also the former quarters of eng 25 the Kendell and disbanded in May 1940,and also eng 16 disbanded in April 1976 I was shocked to hear this run as the boat has been out of service with cooling problems most of the summer | ||
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42 Post Number: 114 Registered: 12-2006 |
Kurtis Randall is the name of the cheap wine you were drinking before you typed your reply. Curtis Randolph is the Fireboat( Eng.Co.16 ). About time you got involved in these discussions WELCOME OLD FRIEND! | ||
Wfd Member Username: Wfd Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2007 |
Sorry Tony but no matter what, he did forget to DUCK and untimely as it was it was the last thing he ever did. Rest his sole and ain't old age great. |
