hypothermia and water in his lungs. the team removes his cold, wet clothes as quickly as possible. todd is winded, but his airway is clear. major albers assists with one of the other firefighters who also fell into the freezing water. miraculously, there are no serious injuries that day. it was a group effort. if they wasn t able to hold on to him on that bridge, we would have been downstream looking for the fireman. georgetown first responders transform luck from this bad day into improvements for future swift water rescues. the hope is that they ll be able to rely less on luck and more on preparedness. we ve learned a lot from the 95 event, to we re not wearing our turnout gear and we re wearing life vests and we have a swift water team that is on standby for us. they ll be ready if babbling
or bank of the river in their turnout gear. that s the gear we use to fight fires. protects us from extreme heat. do not use that to go into swift water. because once you fall in it floats you at first, but once you absorb the water, it s ten times heavier than it is to begin with. once the water absorbs it all the insulation like this is a fire helmet you see the brim it has on it. you take that in the water, that can snap your neck in quick and fast and powerful water. you need a helmet that s like a kayaker s helmet that s got holes on it. i ve got a brim on this, but this will peel away in the force of the water. that s a whole different section. you re telling me if a firefighter if the brim of the firefighter hat gets underthe water, it can snap their neck? when you re talking about water this fast and powerful you donate want anything that catches the current. so you want to have like gear like here s the fins that we use when we re in water.
if you are a firefighter, and you are wearing firefighter gear people don t take that into account sometimes? well actually it is appalling to see your newest newscast with agencies trying to do the best across the country, standing on a boat or close to the store and bank of the river in their turnout gear that is the gear we use to fight fire to protect us from extreme heat. do not use that to go into the swift water. once you fall in it floats at first, but once it absorbs the water it is ten times as heavy to begins with and then it absorbs the water. you see the brim. you take that into a water and it can snap your neck in swift and powerful water, you need a helmet like a kayaker helmet and you notice i have a brim on this to keep the sun out of my eyes. that is incredible. if a firefighter, if the brim of the hat gets under the water it
concerns hypothermia and water in his lungs. the team removes his cold, wet clothes as quickly as possible. todd is winded, but his airway is clear. major albers assists with one of the other firefighters who also fell into the freezing water. is. miraculously, there are no serious injuries that day. it was a group effort. if they wasn t able to hold on to him on that bridge, we would have been downstream looking for the fireman. georgetown first responders transform luck from this bad day into improvements for future swift water rescues. the hope is that they ll be able to rely less on luck and more on preparedness. we ve learned a lot from the 95 event, to we re not wearing our turnout gear and we re wearing life vests and we have a swift water team that is on standby for us. they ll be ready if babbling leavenworth creek ever decides to rage again.
hypothermia and water in his lungs. the team removes his cold, wet clothes as quickly as possible. todd is winded, but his airway is clear. major albers assists with one of the other firefighters who also fell into the freezing water. miraculously, there are no serious injuries that day. it was a group effort. if they wasn t able to hold on to him on that bridge, we would have been downstream looking for the fireman. georgetown first responders transform luck from this bad day into improvements for future swift water rescues. the hope is that they ll be able to rely less on luck and more on preparedness. we ve learned a lot from the 95 event, to we re not wearing our turnout gear and we re wearing life vests and we have a swift water team that is on standby for us. they ll be ready if babbling leavenworth creek ever decides to rage again.