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2023 Report for "Last Chance"

l am pleased to report that, so far, this has been a relatively quiet season for the fireboat . . .

Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2023
Richard L. Withington

2022 River Review

I purposely have delayed writing the season-end report until the season is officially over. As I write, the National Weather Service in Buffalo is issuing a blizzard and Bomb Cyclone warning for the Great Lakes . . .

Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2023
Richard L. Withington

Withington's 2021 Safety Review

This may have been the least active year that I can remember. Fortunately, our incidents were few in number, and relatively mild in their impact.

Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2022
Richard L. Withington

Withington's 2020 Review

The first major event was the structure fire at Tennis Island in June.

Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2021
Richard L. Withington

Santa Finds Fishers Landing

How on earth had a picture of my Dad. taken in 1944, found me on Christmas morning in Fishers Landing in 2020?

Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2021
Richard L. Withington

The Reality of COVID-19, an Essay

The reality of the tragedies that our friends and readers are enduring precludes writing anything humorous. Surely, there

Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2020
Richard L. Withington

River Emergencies

We all see our fireboat, the Last Chance resting quietly at the pier, and it is easy to assume that it rarely leaves the dock. But that is not the case. This article gives a 2019 review.

Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2020
Richard L. Withington

Hark! the River Awakens...by Richard Withington

Hark! The River awakens..Like an old man reluctantly relinquishing the peace and warmth of a thick coverlet after a winter's nap,

Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2019
Richard L. Withington

The Withington 2018 Review: Fire, Groundings… etc.

Two years ago, December 2016, I wrote a Book Review: for First Responder, by Dr. Richard Withington. I related that when...

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018
Richard L. Withington