Rescue Training continues in freezing cold weather
By Anne Eickstadt
Editor
The Belvidere Fire Dept. was out in Belvidere Park over the course of three days to practice their cold-water rescues in the river.
Firefighter/engineer Dan Drall is a certified rescue diver and was supervising the training. “Part of our yearly training, cold water rescue will include both ice and cold water. Today was a perfect scenario for both water and ice, which was beginning to break.
“We have six people on our water rescue team. Belvidere has the Kishwaukee River and a handful of ponds, so there is a lot of potential for water rescues. We carry water rescue equipment on all of our apparatuses so we are prepared if we need it.
To read the full story see the Jan. 24 edition of the Belvidere Daily Republican.