Once a fire starts aboard a boat it is highly likely to spread to neighboring boats within the marina. Wooden and fiberglass boats filled with sails, furniture and diesel provide ample fuels for a fire to grow and spread with incredible speed. Prevention and preparedness are crucial to lessening the impact of fire on our marinas.
The Pueblo West Metropolitan Fire Department has developed several Marine Fire Safety Tips (look at lower left column of this web page) to assist marina management prepare and prevent fires from starting. This provides fire safety information necessary to develop marina emergency response plans and fire prevention guidelines for staff.
A marina operated by knowledgeable staff and occupied by alert occupants will be a safer marina.
