During the training drills, rescue teams and crews stationed on the shoreline worked with 250-foot rope reels, safety rope harnesses, ice-gliding sled devices, and other tools and life-saving ...

In January, tragedy struck when a 56-year-old woman drowned after falling through the ice on Big Island Pond in Derry, N.H. ... Firefighters endure rescue drills as ice thaws ...

Ice rescue drill. Olathe firefighters have responded to ice rescues involving people, vehicles and pets; pets and wildlife are common ice rescue calls. Whatever it is, OFD responds to them all.

WATERLOO - Firefighters pushed ladders, poles and ropes across the snow to practice plucking people from a frozen pond Wednesday. The exercises were part of Waterloo Fire Rescue's annual ice ...

Advised in advance of the ice-rescue drills taking place, Stanzilis at first wondered if he was watching a training exercise. "I called the Police Department, and the sergeant at the desk said ...

While many Iowans huddle inside when it’s this cold, others set off for their ice fishing shacks, which is the reason dozens of firefighters from multiple departments in southwest Iowa took part ...

Fire departments and rescue crews from neighboring towns responded to the scene. While it was a collective rescue with more than 40 first responders, it was two firefighters who suited up.