Don't worry: Nobody's drowning in Jamaica Pond

By adamg on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 10:56am

All the equipment parked at the northern end of Jamaica Pond is so Boston firefighters can do their annual training on how to rescue people who don't listen to them and go out on the ice anyway and then fall in:

For the next 2 weeks,our Tech Rescue companies are refreshing their “Ice Rescue” skills on local ponds. Our members train hard & have special equipment to protect them. Please don’t think this is easy & take shortcuts on frozen water. Don’t walk on ice alone & call 911 to help pic.twitter.com/fVuteqjB1q

— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) January 26, 2022

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Chestnut Hill Reservoir

By BrightonGal on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 11:36am.

This is state land, but there was nighttime activity last Monday night: First responders, spotlights, firetrucks. After a short period of time, they all left the scene.

That wasn't a drill

By adamg on Fri, 01/28/2022 - 8:11am.

Some people went on the ice and it seemed like one went under. He/she didn't.

Maybe could have sent them to Mass. Ave. for cone retrieval?

By CopleyScott17 on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 2:02pm.

Though I guess pond training and river training might be different skills.

I wonder how they decide...

By JPMom on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 4:17pm.

who's going in? Rookie hazing? Lost a game of rock, paper, scissors?

The person who still fits in their drysuit

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 8:19pm.

After the holidays.

What about all the equipment

By anon on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 8:35pm.

What about all the equipment (as in a convoy of trucks equipping the Boston Strangler movie) along Washington Street that has been causing bumper to bumper traffic at rush hour? It's bad enough we already had traffic slowing everything down before they arrived. Are they done filming?