The Fayetteville Technical Community College’s 30-acre, state-of-the-art Swift Water Rescue Training Facility is an indoor, 40 x 80-foot pool that holds 140,000 gallons of water. The pool has an ...

In the northern suburbs, fire departments, like Winthrop Harbor and Zion, say they are responding to water rescues but lack ...

Dozens of first responders, including 10 members from the Montrose Search-and-Rescue Team, participated in swift-water-rescue training earlier this month in preparation for upcoming El Niño ...

WE’RE GETTING A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT SOME TECHNOLOGY. THE WINSTON-SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE ITS RESPONSE TIMES TO WATER RESCUES. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS SAW THE EQUIPMENT ...

If Fenton Township moves forward with a proposed water rescue dive team, it wouldn't be the first in area. Groveland Township Fire Department used to have dive rescue team, but it phased out the ...

"Pretty significant increase in our water rescue calls within the last few years," Lt. Peters said. "With the pandemic, people not being able to travel as much, people not being able to play ...

Purchased through a community development block grant with help from the City of Winston-Salem’s neighborhood services, it’s changing the way firefighters approach water rescues for the city ...