The rescue technician pulls onto the ice rescue sled and paddles toward the shore or toward the victim. The rescuer always should be tethered and supported by shore-based personnel.

Bo Tibbetts tells technical rescue experts within fire departments to be conscious of the difference between static ice and moving ice. A rescuer only should go to a victim when it’s determined ...

The Raymond Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department hosted a Surface Ice Rescue Technician Level 1 Certification Class for the firefighters out at Branched Oak Lake.

Thirty-one firefighters from Vermont and New York attended the Ice Rescue Technician Certification Course, hosted by the Grand Isle Volunteer Fire Department through training group LifeSaving ...

It meets or exceeds NFPA 1670 - Ice Rescue Technician level. The course will be held 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 at Merrill Creek reservoir, Harmony Township .

Captain Jason Geiman advises against attempting to rescue an individual or animal that has fallen on the ice. Instead, call 911. “You have about an hour to a little bit over an hour.

It meets or exceeds NFPA 1670 - Ice Rescue Technician level. The program will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Merrill Creek reservoir in Harmony Township.

However, if an ice rescue technician is grabbed and climbed on, the ice rescue suit’s buoyancy prevents escape, leaving ice rescue techs no recourse but to make aggressive moves to escape.

11 Montgomery County Sheriff's Office members, with partners from the New York State Police and local fire departments completed the New York State Ice Rescue Technician Course. The training ...

AURORA, Colo. — In an ice-rescue emergency, every second matters. To make sure no second goes to waste, Aurora Fire Rescue crews are starting new training that allows them to respond to ...

NEW PALESTINE — It takes just a few seconds of being submerged in ice-cold water for a person’s muscle movement to become adversely affected, Jeff Keithley said.

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