Water-related rescue operations are dangerous to begin with. When those rescues occur during the winter, it adds an ...

Firefighters from 13 Massachusetts towns learned to use lifelines, maneuver rescue boats, and pull themselves out of icy ...

Jody Kjoller, a boater in Point Place, was putting up his boat when he noticed ... was kind of stuck out on the ice." It then quickly became an all-hands-on-deck rescue effort for the boaters ...

CANTON ‒ Canton firefighters took advantage of the ice covering the Monument Park ... rescuers can go into the water on an inflatable boat, which can be transported on an ATV to a remote ...

NewsCenter 5 met up with 24 firefighters from the Massachusetts Fire Academy in Bedford and took part in an ice rescue training ... Second, is the boat method, where firefighters will inflate ...

stay off the ice,’” and let the Lake Rescue Team use their protective gear -- which includes inflatable exposure suits and dive suits made to handle cold water. “(An) inflatable boat that we ...