The rescue company with ice rescue trained and equipped personnel is on the way but still 15 minutes out. You instruct your crew to deploy the hose inflation technique and send it out to the victim.

ICE RESCUE/COLD WATER RESCUE EQUIPMENT. ... In an emergency, the hose can be inflated with a CO2 fire extinguisher with the ends of the hose folded and tied off with webbing.

Andy Speier discusses four basic shore-based rescue techniques—reach, throw, row, go—for rescuing victims in cold or icy waters, as well as what you need to know when getting into the water to ...

In the training, firefighters first try to reach for the victim using a flotation device attached to something like an inflated fire hose, Mr. Dempsey said. The next step is to throw a flotation ...

Five members of the San Juan County Fire and Rescue Tech Team participated in an ice training course at Lake Nighhorse near Durango on Feb. 27 and 28. Arroyo Rescue, based in Durango, conducted th ...

The department currently focuses on Open Water Rescue, Swift Water Rescue and Ice Rescue utilizing two boats and two jet skis. Present on Sunday afternoon to assess the situation were representatives ...

Citizens Use Ropes, Hose, Cords to Rescue Teens from Icy CO Lake Nov. 23, 2022 West Metro rescue personnel retrieved a boy who was out of reach of bystanders. .

For some, falling through the ice on a frozen lake is the thing of nightmares. For some members of various fire departments across Massachusetts, going through the ice is all in a days work.

Highland Hose Volunteer Fire Co., North Evans Volunteer Fire Co., and Lake Erie Beach Volunteer Fire Co., along with American Medical Response ... trapping six fishermen on ice nea ...