Watch Off-Duty NY Firefighter on Jet Ski Douse Boat Fire

    May 26, 2021
    Raw video captured a Rochester firefighter using some of his downtime to help put out a boat fire Irondequoit Bay thanks to his jet ski.

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    Rochester, NY, Fire Fighters Association IAFF, Local 1071, Screen Shot
    Off-duty Rochester, NY, firefighter Oscar Herrera used his jet ski to help put out a boat fire in Irondequoit Bay on May 20.
    Off-duty Rochester, NY, firefighter Oscar Herrera used his jet ski to help put out a boat fire in Irondequoit Bay on May 20.

    An off-duty New York firefighter used some of his downtime and a jet ski to help put out a boat fire last week.

    The Rochester Fire Fighters Association IAFF, Local 1071, posted a video of firefighter Oscar Herrera spinning his watercraft in tight circles to splash water on a smoking boat in Irondequoit Bay. The inventive off-duty firefighting happened May 20 at Mayer’s Marina, WHAM-TV reports.

    Editor's note: The video includes brief explicit language. Viewer discretion is advised. 

    "Sometimes off duty, but always a firefighter," the union stated.

    Herrera's actions are similar to a May 9 incident in Florida. A jet skier in Tampa spun his watercraft in circles to push a burning boat closer to firefighters after flames destroyed a line keeping it close to shore.

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