[Tagging] Possible merge of marine_rescue & lifeboat_station tags?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Looking at some of the "inland" examples shown on OT, I wonder if they
should actually be tagged as a "lifeboat-station" at all, or whether they
would be better shown as a lifeguard base?

Examples, with some websites included:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/299123258 +
https://www.wasserwacht-woerthsee.de/

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9151311469 + https://www.slrgo.ch/

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9957154743

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/965027465

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/66850852

Some fire stations, that possibly also carry out on-water rescues? Should
they also be tagged as "water" rescue, or just as a fire station?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/629239460

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/931856197

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/87339014

In regard of use of boats for rescue purposes,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_rescue_boat &
https://sls.com.au/role/jet-rescue-boat-crew/ both relate to rescue boats
that are primarily used by lifeguards for rescuing swimmers in distress.
The fact that they have a boat, does not make them a marine-rescue unit, as
they are intended for work close to the beach only, not in blue water.

Thanks

Graeme


On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 20:02, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 8/11/22 09:00, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> > On 07.11.2022 10:57, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> >
> >>      Favoring emergency=marine_rescue seems sensible to me
> >>
> >>
> >> What about such stations on freshwater lakes and on rivers? Is "marine"
> fitting there?
> > Not really.  emergency=lifeboat_station  implies the presence of a boat.
> Not all water rescue
> > related infrastructure has a boat, and not all is located directly at
> the coast line or river bank.
> > "marine" implies salt water.
>
>
> If no boat .. then how do they rescue on water?
>
> Helicopter? Would they not also rescue on land?
>
>
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