Motorist Stranded on Flooded Roadway Assisted by Rescue Water Craft

Here is a Fire Service Agency utilizing their Rescue Water Craft (RWC) to assist a motorist in Sonoma County on a flooded roadway with standing water.  With the response time and water depth and low risk of current flow, it might have been faster to walk the motorist out of the area, but then that would depend on other factors. The depth of water in these situations can be too shallow for the draft of a water intake draw into the jet pump and or the hull can strike the roadway and damage the gelcoat.  Regardless, it is a great effort and we appreciate viewing a good operator conducting a positive point of contact in this assist.