Phuket disaster officials steam ahead with B30mn fire boat project

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Phuket disaster officials steam ahead with B30mn fire boat project
Tanyaluk Sakoot


The move to acquire a fire boat in Phuket follows a devastating ferry fire in April that saw a 12-year-old Israeli tourist girl being the sole fatality.

PHUKET: -- A 38-foot fire-fighting boat costing at least B30 million will be based at Phuket’s Rassada Pier by the end of 2016, said disaster officials yesterday (Nov 5).

The assurance that the region’s first water-borne fire-fighting vessel will arrive in the coming year came at a meeting in Phuket headed by Trakul Tortham, Director of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office Region 18 office.

“We expect the budget of more than B30 million to be approved next month. After that, we will start to order equipment and some parts for the ship from aboard. The fire ship will be operational and based at Rassada Pier by the end of 2016,” Mr Trakul told The Phuket News.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-disaster-officials-steam-ahead-with-b30mn-fire-boat-project-54841.php


-- Phuket News 2015-11-06

[khwaibah]

30 million baht not even 1 million USD. This is what you will get.

[LivinginKata]

A how long would it take for a water boat fire truck take to reach the scene of a fire on the high sea ? Answer - hours and then too late. Complete nonsense.

[Wanderer555]

A how long would it take for a water boat fire truck take to reach the scene of a fire on the high sea ? Answer - hours and then too late. Complete nonsense.

When properly deployed, a fire boat adds a tremendous amount of firefighting power to any Marine / Shipboard firefighting operation.

A small vessel (38' LOA) such as the one described could be quite effective for combatting fires on fishing vessels, yachts,large vessels, providing exposure protection of threatened vessels by putting a water screen between the vessel on fire and others in danger. They have also been used to attack shore-based fires, pumping out flooded areas near shore and more...

In regards to offshore fires, in the past, I have responded to shipboard fires that took up to three days to arrive on scene including one where we were airlifted out of Miami International Airport on Sept 14, 2001 (3 days after the attack on the World Trade Center). They opened the airport up for us to depart on a Soviet era cargo plane that dropped us at the Dominican Republic where we then went by small boats to the ship that was underway with an active cargo-hold fire that was being barely controlled by closing the main deck hatch.

Off-Shore is an entirely different animal in both manpower and resources required to mitigate such disasters.

I hope the new boat is a success and helps improve the marine safety of such a heavily travelled region.

Cheers!

Troy

[LivinginKata]

A how long would it take for a water boat fire truck take to reach the scene of a fire on the high sea ? Answer - hours and then too late. Complete nonsense.

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In regards to offshore fires, in the past, I have responded to shipboard fires that took up to three days to arrive on scene

Thank you for answering my question ...