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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
http://www.unionleader.com/Fire-boat...gh-island-fire
includes a 2:38 video shot by a firefighter from the Gilford fire boat. Looks like the camera was positioned behind the water cannon as water is streamed out over the bow and into the fire.
Is this the 40-year old Gilford fire boat, the Snuffer, that needs to be replaced? Supposedly, it goes out to seven or eight calls per year.
"Goodhue said that the new boat will be infinitely better for assisting the fire department for fires along the water, where Snuffer could never get close enough or could pump enough water to be truly useful." May 11, 2016: Laconia Daily Sun; 'Gilford Votes to Accept New Boat from Portsmouth.'
So's what do I know ..... not much! ...... seems like the 40-year old "Snuffer" is still getting it done? Like, why spend a couple hundred thousand dollars, or something, of Gilford property tax payer money on a new Super Snuffer, when the 40-year old Snuffer is still able to show up on the other side of the lake in Moultonborough and help put out the fire?
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Possibly because after 40 years of probably sub par maintenance one day they'll show up to your half burnt down house that your family just hopefully safely crawled out of and say, "well wtf the pump won't work, wish we had that new fire boat. Hope you have insurance sir/ma'am."
Double edged sword buying or not buying that boat. They buy it they were overspending according to the tax payers, they didn't buy it and someone dies because the old one can't fight the fire and you'd have a different story in the news no?