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Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — Every year those on the ice of the ponds and lakes are at risk of falling through. The Rapid City Fire Department and the Water Rescue Team prepare each year for ...

Equipment such as ice staffs, carabiners, rope, life jackets and dry suits were used to practice the rescue missions. The ...

The exercises involved various rescue scenarios where victims had fallen through ice, utilizing different devices and equipment to ensure successful rescues. "Our goal is to be here within five to ...

“Some 70% of all ice water rescues are people who were trying to rescue someone else or an animal,” Keithley said. “ It happened last week (in Greenwood), where people got into a bad ...

The Springfield Fire Department (SFD) Water Rescue team rescued a woman and her dog after they partially fell through ice on the Lakeshore Apartments pond in Springfield on Sunday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department recently purchased new life-saving equipment to use during water rescues. Sandhills Global in collaboration with Scheels and the Lincoln First ...

Rumford Fire Chief Chris Reed, right, looks over some of the equipment in the fire station that will be utilized by 18 firefighters behind for ice rescue training. Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times ...

Watch the video above to see the dramatic ice-water rescue of a woman and her precious dog. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Springfield Fire Department Water Rescue team saved the lives of a Springfield woman and her small terrier dog on Sunday after they fell into an icy pond. It happened ...

Retired MSU softball coach Holly Hesse thanked the first responders who rescued her and her dogs from an icy pond at the Lakeshore Apartments this past Sunday during a media event on Wednesday ...