Services
Within their response range, including all of Tampa Bay and up to ten miles into the Gulf of Mexico from Longboat Pass to John's Pass, some of the services provided include:
- Towing
Using a variety of techniques, disabled vessels are towed to the place of nearest safe mooring.
- Grounders
Grounded vessels are pulled off and towed to the nearest safe mooring.
- Dewatering
Stopping the flow of water into a vessel and removing the water already in the vessel.
- Parbuckling
Righting an overturned vessel.
- Firefighting
Putting out fires that have started on boats, and occasionally towing burning boats away from populous areas.
- Searching
Searching for people or objects, including overdue vessels, overdue people and people who have jumped from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
- Medical Assistance
First Responders stabilize injured patients and transport them to land where local EMS can meet them.
Read more about this topic: Eckerd College Search And Rescue
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