RedactedNarrative: On 11/03/2018, at about 1205 hours the Department of Natural Resources Communications Center was notified by Anne Arundel County Fire Department about a subject who jumped from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.   
  MTDA Case Number:18IR001764
  NRP Dispatch Number for the MDTA "Assist":2018-00037521
  Anne Arundel County Fire Department Dispatch Number:  201876098     
  Initial reports were given to the Communications Center that the jumper had been picked up by a fishing vessel under the bridge. Units were dispatched to respond. 
  
  Weather: Sunny and Clear.  Winds:15-20kts Gusts 25kts Seas 2-5ft. Strong Incoming Tide.  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT
  
  Officer First Class, with the Maryland Natural Resources Police who was in the area on patrol, responded to the scene.  After being dispatched Officer arrived to find an Off-Duty Howard County Police Officer, operating an 18.5ft Sea Pro and was holding on to the jumper on the port side of his vessel.  Ofc1 pulled alongside Operator1's vessel on the starboard side and tied to his patrol vessel to it to assist in the rescue efforts.  Ofc1 did deploy his vessels boat fenders in an attempted to provide vessel to vessel protection. During the emergency while Ofc1 was on Operator1's vessel the two vessels collided multiple times in the rough seas.  This caused fiberglass and rub rail damage to the starboard side of Operator1's vessel including the destruction of a gas release valve cover on the vessels gunnel.  During this time, Ofc with concerns about further injuring the jumper by pulling him into the vessel grabbed a PFD off his patrol vessel and placed it on the jumper.  
  
  Damage from NRP vessel to Operator1's at the time of this report is being documented under NRP Incident Number# 2018-00037643. After the incident, Ofc confirmed that there was no damage NRP Patrol Vessel.
  
  Members of Fireboat 36 reported that as they arrived on location and attempted to transfer emergency personnel from their vessel to Operator1's vessel, Fireboat 36 hit the anchor that sits on a small bow pulpit on the bow of Operator1's vessel.  This caused multiple deep scratches into the port side of the Fireboat 36 (see images) and bent the arm of the anchor and pulled up the wood attaching the pulpit to the fiberglass hull of Operator1's vessel. 
  
  While transferring personnel Fireboat 19 made hard contact with the port stern of Operator1's vessel, leaving what appeared to be small spiderweb cracks in the fiberglass of Operator1's vessel.
  
  After the incident, the crew of Fireboat 19 reported no damage to their vessel.     
  
  After transferring the jumper to Fireboat 19's care, Operator1 proceeded into Sandy Point State Park to meet Ofc1 and Officers from the Maryland Transportation Police Department to give a witness statement. After entering the "minimum wake" zone (Defined in 08.18.07.02L in the Maryland Code of Regulations) of the Sandy Point State Park causeway, Operator1 was passed by Fireboat 19 who was transporting the jumper to an awaiting medic unit.   Fireboat 19 who was operating with emergency visual equipment, entered the causeway traveling at a rate of speed to keep the vessel on plane but minimize its wake and expedite patient transport reported giving 2 short blasts on his horn, the required signaling for passing and overtaking a vessel on their port side and proceeded to pass Operator1's vessel.   After Fireboat 19 passed, vessel1 was caught in the wake of the passing Fireboat and pushed into the jetty that makes up the causeway into Sandy Point State Park.  The impact into the jetty caused damage the skeg and the propeller of Operator1's outboard motor. (See Attached Images). 
  
  All parties of the incident arrived and reminded at Sandy Point State Park where I, Sergeant of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, at the direction of Lt. was able to document the incident.  Operator1 pulled his vessel from the water on to his trailer where a closer visual inspection was completed on the boat, and the damage listed above was confirmed. A visual of the vessels bottom hull was completed while on the trailer, and there did not appear to be any visual damage that could be seen. 
  
  There were no injuries to any of the responders or Operator1 that were reported. 
  
  No citations or warnings will be issued in this case. 
  
  All of the above took place to in Anne Arundel County Maryland.
  