ATLANTA -- Fire departments from numerous agencies are holding water rescue training this week at Six Flags Over Georgia. Firefighters will use Thunder River at the park to perfect their skills skills ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swiftwater rescue teams, fire departments deployed to assist with Tropical Storm Debby CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — In ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS- One group of would-be rafters spent more time in the water than in the raft Sunday afternoon on the Colorado River. Boaters dressed head to toe in neoprene or blue drysuits spent ...

Russell McCullar offers tips for building an urban swiftwater arsenal so teams are ready for a variety of water rescue conditions. South Florida Urban Search and Rescue, Florida Task Force 2, conducts ...

Manchester Fire Department's swiftwater rescue team helped save children and adults who were trapped in North Carolina due to Hurricane Helene.After crews were sent down to North Carolina earlier this ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- The James River is a popular spot, especially on holidays and weekend, but until now if you got in trouble on the water between Concord and Appomattox County, help had to come ...

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 ...

A Swiftwater strike team, made up of three members from the City of Spokane Fire Department as well as three members from the Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD), has been deployed to King County in ...

ROCK SPRINGS — Western Wyoming Community College is partnering with the Swiftwater Safety Institute in offering swiftwater rescue training with in-class learning opportunities as well as practice on ...

The Rocky Mount Fire Department is among two dozen swiftwater rescue teams to receive new equipment from the state. The fire department received $65,000 in swiftwater rescue equipment, which included ...

Members help tubers, save fugitives and pull stranded boaters to safety Waterways are running at near-peak levels this week after the San Juan Mountains received above-average snowfall this winter.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Eight members of the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team, VA-2, left Hampton ...