ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:59 PM PO Assistant AND I WERE DISPATCHED TO THE MILWAUKEE OUTER HARBOR FOR A BOAT FIRE CALL FOR SERVICE. WHEN WE ARRIVED WE LOCATED A BOAT  NEAR VETERANS PARK. THE BOATS ENGINE COMPARTMENT APPEARED TO BE LETTING OUT WHITE SMOKE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE BOATS CAPTAIN WHO LATER IDENTIFIED HIMSELF. OPERATOR STATED THAT THE BOAT ENGINE HAD BEEN ON FIRE BUT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PUT IT OUT. AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION, I CONDUCTED A CREW TRANSFER FROM THE DISABLED VESSEL ONTO POLICE BOAT 995. THE CAPTAIN ALONG WITH 5 OTHER PASSENGERS WERE SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE BURNING VESSEL WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE ADVISED POLICE DISPATCH ALONG WITH MFD DISPATCH OF THE SITUATION. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO MCKINLEY MARINA TO DROP ALL PASSENGERS FROM THE BURNING VESSEL. WHILE AT MCKINLEY MFD WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE BURNING BOAT. OPERATOR THEN CALLED TOW BOAT USA WHO REMOVED THE ANCHORED BOAT.
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