Water Rescue News & Articles

• All-hazard rescue reminders for every fire department

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  Chiefs need to take a training posture that focuses additional efforts on swift water responses

• Training day: Firefighter training exercises for the ice rescue novice

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  Suit up your crew in turnout gear, PPE and flotation devices, using rope rescue equipment for these three ice rescue training drills

• 4 water-rescue paddling techniques

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  Understanding the paddle and how to use it is critical if the motor cuts out

• How to buy cold-water rescue suits

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  When you're wading into icy water to rescue a victim is not the time to wonder if you bought the best exposure suit

• How to buy ice-rescue equipment

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  From body protection to hand tools to head wear, ice rescue brings a set of equipment demands turnout gear cannot meet

• NJ firefighters rescue 2 teens from frozen river

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  The teens were conscious and alert when they were helped back onto dry land and are recovering at a hospital

• Download your complete AFG 2015 Success Guide

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  This free PDF from FireGrantsHelp and FireRescue1 will give you everything you need for this year's Assistance to Firefighters Grants program

• 5 steps to water rope rescues

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  Being skilled at throwing a rope bag is tools for a water rescuer to possess; here's a look at how to improve rope throws

• Video: Medics rescue pair from submerged truck during flood

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  They got them into an inflatable boat minutes before the car was submerged; torrential rain has caused flooding across the Sydney region

• 5 steps to a safe ice rescue

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  Proper training, equipment, technique and awareness can reduce the dangers of ice rescues

• Firefighters extricate 2 after car crashes into frozen lagoon

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  Rescue crews ran two lines of rope across the lagoon to free the pair trapped in the car; they used sleds to move the two to ambulances

• Photo: Firefighters pull 2 elk from frigid Colo. pond

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  Firefighters worked with wildlife officers to cut a channel in the ice leading to the shore and pulled them out

• 7 dead, 432 rescued after fire cripples Greek ferry

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  Passengers painted a picture of a panicked reaction as the fire spread, with some choking on the smoke and struggling to figure out how to reach safety

• Video: Firefighter swept downstream during river rescue

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  Fire officials will review the operation to see what allowed the firefighter to get caught in the fast-moving water

• Calif. firefighters rescue 14 motorists stranded by flood

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  Swift water rescue crews pulled the stranded motorists from their cars; no injuries were reported

• Firefighter rescues 2 boys who fell through ice

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  The boys were treated for hypothermia at a hospital and later released; the firefighter suffered cuts and bruises in the rescue

• Nightstick unveils new, rechargeable dual-light

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  Waterproof and rechargeable, the flashlight is capable of reaching 650 lumens output

• Ariz. firefighters make rescues in flash floods

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  Firefighters rescued at least six motorists in separate incidents; sporadic storms are expected to continue for the next few days

• Firefighters rescue woman after jumping off bridge

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  The woman was going beneath the surface and said she couldn't swim; she was taken to a hospital for evaluation

• Broken water main floods UCLA; 5 rescued

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  Firefighters, some using inflatable boats, saved people stranded in the underground parking structures; no injuries have been reported

• Spotlight: Water Rescue Innovations offers easy to use, life saving device

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  ARM-LOC saves people trapped by various water disasters

• Off-duty firefighter rescues family from capsized boat

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  Firefighter Cliff Schoonmaker doesn't think he did anything special and chalks it up to just being at the right place at the right time

• Del. firefighter charged in rescue boat crash

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  The fire boat's operator was charged with one count of negligence by operating at excessive speed; three firefighters on board were injured

• Firefighters rescue woman before car slips into pond

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  Crews secured the car with chains to keep it from going under water or overturning; the woman was cold and startled but OK

• Firefighter with Parkinson's helps rescue 3 from lake

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  The former firefighter and Vietnam War helicopter pilot pulled two women and one man from the water

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