Firefighters who responded to a house fire on Goat Island will meet to review the operation.
Isle of Palms Fire Chief Craig Oliverius explained to WCBD the island is only accessible by boat and there are no hydrants.
By the time firefighters got the call last week, the house was already fully involved and fire was spreading to brush.
“You have the building fire that you’re dealing with, but its also a marine fire because you don’t have all the resources you need — so it’s really two different types of specialty fires. And if that fire grows or if it’s wind-driven you have that fire potentially spreading through vegetation — so you really have a wildland fire potentially, a marine fire and a structure fire."
In addition to seven other fire departments assisting, other agencies provided support.
“For us, we received the call at 7:35 p.m. and then we got on scene 13 minutes later. But once we got on scene we still have to bring our own fire hose, we still have to travel down a 600-800 foot dock — and again, it’s not protected with fire hydrants so we have to bring our own water from our marine firefighting vessels.”
An after-action meeting will be held soon to discuss the response.
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