Naval mine locations

swifty · 01-03-08, 11:50 PM

It's quite common for unexploded ordinance to wash ashore here in Florida. I know an officer who was at the receiving end of an unexploded artillery flare. About 15 years ago a round washed ashore and he was one of the first on scene. At this time only the county did not have a bomb squad and the fire department thought it was their responsibility. As he was clearing people from the area the idiot fire chief took an ax to the shell.

It ended up exploding and peppering the officers with calcium phosphide and shrapnel, who was down wind. The fire chief was unharmed.

His first instinct was to jump into the ocean to extinguish the flames. However this only makes the calcium phosphide burn more, it actually can suck the oxygen from the water. He was then transported to nearest hospital. But the nearest burn unit able to give him a mineral oil bath, the only thing that can extinguish the CP, was 120 miles north in Orlando. Now he is still burning so the surgery will not admit him due to the high oxygen content and he is denied air transport to Orlando for the same reason.

So doctors had to pulled out the visible pieces and then finale flew him north when he was finally fully treated.

Now this is where the story would normally end but... After 5 years of healing and rehab, his knee was destroyed, he returned to duty. On the first day back on the job he was the first responder to a building fire and entered the building to save a girl. I not shore of the details but he ended up having to jump out of a 2nd story window and ended up back in the hospital.

From now on he has the nickname Flambo. He is now back on duty and hasn't had any problems with fire since.

01-03-08, 11:50 PM	#14
swifty Soundman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S. Florida Posts: 141 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's quite common for unexploded ordinance to wash ashore here in Florida. I know an officer who was at the receiving end of an unexploded artillery flare. About 15 years ago a round washed ashore and he was one of the first on scene. At this time only the county did not have a bomb squad and the fire department thought it was their responsibility. As he was clearing people from the area the idiot fire chief took an ax to the shell. It ended up exploding and peppering the officers with calcium phosphide and shrapnel, who was down wind. The fire chief was unharmed. His first instinct was to jump into the ocean to extinguish the flames. However this only makes the calcium phosphide burn more, it actually can suck the oxygen from the water. He was then transported to nearest hospital. But the nearest burn unit able to give him a mineral oil bath, the only thing that can extinguish the CP, was 120 miles north in Orlando. Now he is still burning so the surgery will not admit him due to the high oxygen content and he is denied air transport to Orlando for the same reason. So doctors had to pulled out the visible pieces and then finale flew him north when he was finally fully treated. Now this is where the story would normally end but... After 5 years of healing and rehab, his knee was destroyed, he returned to duty. On the first day back on the job he was the first responder to a building fire and entered the building to save a girl. I not shore of the details but he ended up having to jump out of a 2nd story window and ended up back in the hospital. From now on he has the nickname Flambo. He is now back on duty and hasn't had any problems with fire since.