VIDEO: Firefighters Practice Rescuing Mock Victim from Icy Water
North Shore Fire Department drill aims for safe rescues all the time.
Although they hope they will never have to use the training, firefighters with the North Shore Fire Department this week practiced rescuing mock patients out of a hole they cut in a frozen residential pond in Glendale. By tethering themselves to shore and wearing suits that float, the firefighters rescue a patient by approaching from behind, easing into the water, and attaching the patient to the shoreline. A team on the shore can then reel the firefighter and patient out of the water. The department also has poles they can extend into the water for a patient to grab onto, and an inflatable boat they use if the ice is especially choppy. But even when firefighters arrive on the scene of an ice rescue, safety is not a guarantee. When …
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Jenny Heyden
7:33 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Awesome story, Rory!! more ›