{"id":329090,"date":"2026-07-04T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/329090\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:01:09","slug":"martin-county-maritime-teams-on-standby-as-fourth-of-july-boaters-hit-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/329090\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County maritime teams on standby as Fourth of July boaters hit the water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hundreds of boaters are hitting the waterways here across Florida to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WPTV reporter Tyler Hatfield spoke to Treasure Coast boaters who are taking extra precautions on the water and heard what experts recommend you do before setting sail to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WATCH BELOW: Treasure Coast prepares for hundreds of holiday boaters with safety reminders<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">We met boaters like Brendan and Ashley Shannon, who were launching off the ramps on Friday at Sandsprit Park in Martin County with their young daughter and puppy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Shannons said safety is top of mind when hitting the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lt. Brett Harry with Martin County Maritime Response Unit said they&#8217;re expecting hundreds of boaters to be on the water celebrating this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">His team will have two boats with medics on standby in Martin County in the north and south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;We&#8217;re just out there to mitigate anybody that needs help, whether it&#8217;s something as simple as a stubbed toe to anything cardiac related, or potential spinal injuries, or anything like that,&#8221; Harry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Harry said he wants boaters to do their part by keeping their eyes on the water, having a designated driver, and pack life vests, whistles and flotation devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;Just have fun and be safe,&#8221; Harry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of boaters are hitting the waterways here across Florida to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. WPTV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-329090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}