Local experts highlight training and equipment used in large-scale water rescues
Dive teams are confronting significant challenges as they work in the cold waters of the Potomac River, according to rescue ...
Berks-based water rescue team describes preparation for recovery operations
A Berks-based rescue team trains for tragic events like this. Through the years, officials said there have been developments ...
Allegheny County officials talk about challenges of frigid river rescues and recovery
The county's emergency services chief says a rescue or recovery on the river -- like the one after an airplane and helicopter ...
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Toledo Fire and Rescue describes the challenge of water rescues
Toledo’s water rescue unit is watching the recovery efforts ... We do down with good equipment so we have thermals and we have dry suits and then we have full head protection, but nothing ...
Fire dept. rescues hawk stuck in fishing line at Browns Lake
Crews responded to Browns Lake on February 2 for a report of a red-tailed hawk that was caught in some fishing line, suspended just above the water. Three firefighters were at the scene with cold ...
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Central Pennsylvania emergency service teams train for ice water rescue
The Cambria County Swift Water Rescue Team taught crews about the basics of ice water rescue. The cold temperatures have ...
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Firefighters free hawk in Murphysboro lake
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WSIL) -- Firefighters in Murphysboro responded to help free a stuck hawk on Sunday. The Murphysboro Fire ...
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67-year-old dies after UTV drives into open water at Lake Winnebago
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office said the two men on the UTV did not have helmets or flotation devices.
How to stay safe on the ice in Lake Country or anywhere, while enjoying winter's landscape
Many people venture onto the ice covering area lakes in the winter. Too many are unprepared for the worst, rescue officials ...