Fire Island Ferries
This article incorporates public domain material from the National Transportation Safety Board document "Marine Accident Brief MAB-10-02".
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| Locale | Fire Island, New York |
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| Waterway | Great South Bay |
| Transit type | Passenger, Freight & Water Taxi |
| Operator | Fire Island Ferries, Inc. |
| Began operation | 1948 [1] |
| No. of lines | 8 |
| Website | Fire Island Ferries |
Fire Island Ferries is a passenger and freight ferry service, serving the Western communities of Fire Island, New York.[2]
History
Fire aboard the Fire Island Belle
On September 20, 2009, at 10:10 eastern daylight time, the passenger ferry Fire Island Belle, with 100 passengers, the vessel master, and two deckhands on board, experienced an engine room fire in the Great South Bay between Long Island and Fire Island, New York. The vessel had departed Ocean Beach, Fire Island, 10 minutes earlier, and was approximately 300 yards from the dock at Fair Harbor, Fire Island, when the fire broke out.
No passengers or crewmembers were injured, and no pollution resulted. The cost of repairing the vessel was $490,000. The U.S. Coast Guard was the lead investigative agency in the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided assistance with fire investigation and metallurgical analysis.
Destinations
- Kismet
- Saltaire (village)
- Fair Harbor
- Dunewood
- Atlantique
- Ocean Beach (village)
- Seaview
- Ocean Bay Park
