Robert Policht gives fire department officers and firefighters what they need to know about preplanning for water rescues and ...

Swiftwater environments are dynamic situations. As a whitewater river guide, the only tools that I have available to me are what are on my person or in my boat. However, every rescuer must have the ...

" We learn very quickly in the water rescue team that you can't fight the river," Walker said. The trainings, often based on previous calls taken by the swift water team. But even ...

OREGON CITY Ore. (KPTV) - When someone gets swept up in the current, who jumps in to save them? It’s often Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s (TVF&R) water rescue team. Every Monday during the year, ...

WORTH OF DAMAGE. SO AS WE WATCH THE FALLOUT FROM FLOOD DAMAGE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, FIRST RESPONDERS HERE AT HOME SAY THEY HAVE SOME NEW TOOLS TO WORK WITH FOR THIS KIND OF THING. MANCHESTER ...

A young kayaker's body was recovered from Cedar Creek Lake after he went missing, according to Payne Springs Fire Rescue. This marks the second drowning this year.

Crews with Santa Barbara County Fire and other agencies are on-scene responding to a water rescue on Del Playa Drive near ...