All members of the Rome Fire Department are trained in ice water rescue, and the chief said they re-train for it every year. The department has several dry suits for the firefighters to wear in the water, and then an ice water rescue sled, which slides out onto the ice and water to reach the person in danger.
Overland Park Fire Department uses Arctic blast to practice ice water rescues
OPFD uses Arctic blast to practice ice water rescues
and last updated 2021-02-20 00:05:08-05
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. â Firefighters with the Overland Park Fire Department spent the afternoon Friday at South Lake Park practicing ice water rescues.
It was the first time the department was able to conduct such training in three years, one of the few benefits of the Arctic blast that plunged temperatures across the Midwest well below freezing for the last few weeks.
âWe try and get out here anytime there is ice over the ponds,â Tyler Carey, who helped lead the training, said.