I’d imagine there will be massive USAR task force and RTF requests.
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USS Bonham Richard (amphibious assault vessel)
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Here is a list of SND units that have responded:
T11, LA1, LA40, T44, T1, E17, E4, T12, E1, E201, E27, E7, E11, USAR2, E51, E20, E26, E12, E19, E2, E3, B1, B6, SC1, B3, B2, AM414, AM416, AM418, AM417, B33, B53, B57, BLS11, BLS5, CHAP6, CRDT36, CVB51, Dep6, FB11, FB12, Fe110, Fe111, Fe12, Fe16, Fe161, Fe18, Fe19, FEDLA110, FEDM92, FIRE2, Fm28, FTR17, LOGS2, LOGS4, M1, M10, M12, M39, M4, M43, M6, MC1, MD1, MS71, MS84, NCE34, NCT34, OS10, SOP3, USAR53
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Does San Diego have a big fire boat? Those two little boats working it are trying but don’t appear to be effective
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No, San Diego does not. They use harbor police boats. But that is all they have.
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I agree on the US&R RTF request but after they have a knockdown.
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According to the media in San Diego, all Navy personnel are accounted for
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Not to sure they would pull an RTF as the US military has a lot of resources that can search the ship after the fire is out. If US&R resources are needed San Diego has several assets including CATF-8. Time will tell if this incident tansitions to a US&R response…
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SDFD initial fire attack assignment was E7, E11, T11… crews made access below deck with 2.5” lines but experienced multiple explosions knocking crews to catwalk, unable to access seat of fire due to very high heat and zero visibility, coupled with the fact that the fire was still a couple decks below them. Crews melted the soles off their turnout boots while getting out. Very high heat deep down in a steel ship.
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They’re reports of everyone accounted for so no need for search now. If there were several missing/unaccounted for then maybe they would’ve pulled the US&R trigger so the Navy wouldn’t have to search for their own (PTSD).
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No injuries to any SDFD firefighters or Fed Fire luckily, however most of the first alarm went to hospital for evaluation. They all got their butts kicked pretty good.
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As a member of a DoD USAR team, I am aware of that. I also know we won’t hesitate to use mutual aid systems to request as many state resources as necessary too. Depending on the risk vs gain, rescue vs recovery, and national security issues, they’ll definitely incorporate civilian agencies in to the mix.
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Anyone know where larger fire boats came from?
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Those are CTractors aka modern tug boats. Waterfront firefighting in San Diego is conducted by San Diego Harbor Police and private contractor that operate the CTractors. Since the CTractors are not manned 24/7 it took a while to get their crews.
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Thanks for the info
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Navy just concluded press conference.
0830 fire starts in lower vehicle bay
0851 SDFire, San Diego Harbor Police and additional fire parties from Naval Base San Diego requested
Compartment by compartment fire suppression with intense heat. Fire crews are now on lower vehicle bay attacking fire.
1800 foot perimeter on land and 1 nautical mile perimeter on the water is in effect.
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The Navy has Blackhawks helicopters dumping water on the ship this morning. May burn for days.
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Looking at the recent news video, it looks like she’s listing to starboard and one of her antenna arrays has collapsed…what a shame
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Just did drive by, helicopters are still doing drops on the ship. CTractors and San Diego Harbor Police boats are still throwing water on the hull. Smoke is coming from the superstructure/island. Ship has an 10 degree list to starboard and is down by the stern.
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