With this certification, the Green Bay Police Department Dive Team is better equipped to protect lives during floods, river rescues, and other swiftwater emergencies,” said Sgt. Krueger with the ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Harpeth River is a valuable resource to Middle Tennessee. Not only does the river help provide water to the City of Franklin, but it also helps give residents and ...

Swift water rescue operations in these conditions also become extremely dangerous for emergency responders. Once the river and access points reopen, a properly fitted and fastened lifejacket must ...

Thousands of tyres have been pulled from a river in a major clean-up to help the environment and wildlife. Over the past five days 6,000 tyres, which could have been there for decades, were ...

Higher river levels bring swifter and stronger currents, reduced visibility, colder water temperatures, increased sediment and debris. Swift water rescue operations in these conditions also become ...

Andrew McIntyre talks on-the-water kit, pulley/rope compatibility, rope grabs, webbing and victim medical treatment, so rescue technicians are best prepared when they are called. A belt-mounted 4 ...

Officials said she was cold but not injured. “Our team trained on swiftwater rescue last Tuesday in this exact area of the river, at that time the cubic feet per minute (CFM) water flow ...

A Toms River police officer was charged Monday with home invasion burglary, two counts of assault, two counts of criminal mischief, terroristic threats and resisting arrest, after a “domestic ...

In the annual week-long swift-water rescue training, the team runs through all the ... city” in Newfane and operated on the waters of Stickney Brook and the West River. Josh Brooks, director of the ...

Emergency management agencies and public safety personnel from four counties descended on Vanoss Tuesday as part of a potential swiftwater rescue situation. The agencies set up a command post at ...

KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS THREE GIRLS ARE STILL BELIEVED TO BE MISSING IN THE MISSOURI RIVER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M JULIE CORNELL AND I’M ...

The Delaware is the East’s longest undammed river, a bit of wilderness that ... Safety Patrol (volunteers trained in first-aid and swift water rescue) make sure that everybody follows protocols ...