Welch Island rescue - Winnipesaukee Forum

chachee52 Welch Island rescue 01-18-2025, 08:08 AM

chachee52 Sounds like they have walked... 01-18-2025, 08:29 AM

tis Wow, I saw the report of... 01-18-2025, 09:15 AM

ishoot308 I’m out here now and we saw... 01-18-2025, 10:02 AM

dickiej This is a perfect example of... 01-18-2025, 12:02 PM

FlyingScot Agreed, at least mostly. I... 01-18-2025, 12:19 PM

Descant Post#1 indicates they have a... 01-18-2025, 02:06 PM

Tofu My thought was WHY did they... 01-18-2025, 02:30 PM

chachee52 Didn't see what happened,... 01-18-2025, 03:02 PM

upthesaukee Where was the hovercraft... 01-18-2025, 09:02 PM

chachee52 They were put on standby by... 01-19-2025, 08:11 AM

tis I thought the hovercraft was... 01-19-2025, 11:23 AM

Mr. V Just wondering...will they... 01-19-2025, 12:50 PM

Blue Thunder Marine Solutions will be... 01-20-2025, 09:44 AM

John Mercier Did it go all the way down?... 01-20-2025, 11:24 AM

ishoot308 The one that I saw go past... 01-20-2025, 12:47 PM

Descant I always thought machines on... 01-20-2025, 01:24 PM

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chachee52 Gilford asked for M and T to... 01-19-2025, 05:50 PM

tis I agree, you need to know... 01-19-2025, 07:15 PM

BoatHouse Drone instead 01-20-2025, 08:21 AM

Outdoorsman I gave up volunteering my own... 01-18-2025, 04:40 PM

John Mercier Very hard job... 01-19-2025, 09:30 AM

bushwack1 It's my understanding the if... 01-21-2025, 11:21 PM

John Mercier The department budget, which... 01-21-2025, 11:37 PM

bushwack1 Could be, but no fines ? ""... 01-22-2025, 01:01 AM

JayR But...these are first... 01-22-2025, 08:33 AM

lakershaker Exempt from the law is... 01-22-2025, 08:41 AM

ishoot308 $1000.00 Per Day 01-22-2025, 08:55 AM

John Mercier Yes, but they have extended... 01-22-2025, 10:18 AM

Tofu How long would it have taken... 01-22-2025, 10:38 AM

John Mercier Does Gilford FD have one? 01-22-2025, 10:47 AM

Descant We often refer to "breaking... 01-22-2025, 11:48 AM

Tofu Not sure John, But it would... 01-22-2025, 04:11 PM

Blue Thunder Wednesday 5:10PM Marine... 01-22-2025, 05:16 PM

FlyingScot Are you serious? These are... 01-22-2025, 09:20 AM

codeman671 The town, certainly not the... 01-22-2025, 10:07 AM

chachee52 Write it off as a "training... 01-23-2025, 10:05 AM

Grant Video of the vehicle on the... 01-23-2025, 12:10 PM

retired Let's say you identify a fire... 01-28-2025, 10:47 AM

ishoot308 You're not... Large hand... 01-28-2025, 11:09 AM

Descant First priority is life... 01-28-2025, 11:33 AM

TiltonBB Typically a portable pump... 01-29-2025, 07:19 AM

retired Makes sense. I guess if you... 01-29-2025, 11:11 AM

The Real BigGuy If this were covered by... 01-22-2025, 01:10 PM

steve-on-mark Must have been... 01-22-2025, 06:57 PM

8gv We can now move on to... 01-22-2025, 07:05 PM

ishoot308 Ridge 01-22-2025, 07:19 PM

Blue Thunder As noted earlier, the... 01-23-2025, 06:57 AM

ishoot308 When they went in it wasn’t a... 01-23-2025, 07:11 AM

Blue Thunder Agree!!!……… 01-23-2025, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tofu

My thought was WHY did they not use the Hoover Craft in the first place if Ice In was just declared recently and the thought of un-safe ice was even in the conversation. Just a 1+1=2 common sense thought.

1 Floats and 1 doesn't. Hmm!

I gave up volunteering my own time because of comments like this!

Decisions are made as the event is HAPPENING!

Some of the public comes to an up-rise AFTER the fact to criticize the response.

Thanks to ALL emergency responders for what you do!

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