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Firefighters train for river rescues using new pedestrian bridge
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 3 years ago
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Firefighters put new rescue strategies to the test Friday at the Center Street dam. Des Moines' signature pedestrian bridge is nearly finished and rescue workers know that when someone jumps or falls from it, they will be swept into a dangerous low
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Coast Guard warns of cold water across region
Burlington :: NC :: USA | 3 years ago
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Sailing or boating? Life jackets save lives
Thousand Oaks :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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The Department of Boating and Waterways encourages boaters to wear a life jacket when sailing. Of the boating fatalities that occurred in 2009, 67 percent of the victims drowned and of that group, 84 percent weren’t wearing a life jacket. “There’s
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Body of Greenfield kayaker found
Greenfield :: WI :: USA | 3 years ago
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Authorities say a 53-year-old Greenfield man who capsized while kayaking on the Green River over the weekend likely drowned. Police say the body of Edward Lynde was found at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday about 24 hours after he went missing while
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Crews search for man from sunken boat
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 3 years ago
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Rescuers said Monday two men were recovering and expressed hope they would find a third person aboard a boat that sank near Cincinnati...Deputies said two men managed to swim to shore but suffered from hypothermia. The two rescued people told rescue
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Report: Boat sinks on Ohio, two rescued
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 3 years ago
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Boone County crews have rescued two people from a sunken tow-boat this afternoon, but were still searching for a third person, according to radio scanner traffic around 5:15 p.m. The person who was still being sought was a man wearing a green
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Good deed ignites Lawrenceville house
Lawrenceville :: GA :: USA | 3 years ago
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A fire that started on the front porch quickly climbed the outside of the home and burned through the roof, Rutledge said. Firefighters got the call around 6:25 p.m. to the home in the 1500 block of Scholar Drive in the Inglenook subdivision. Crews
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Coast Guard ofers tips for mariners
New Castle :: DE :: USA | over 3 years ago
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The public should be aware of weather conditions and monitor the progress and strength of the storm through local television, radio and Internet. Check the current and expected weather and water conditions before heading out, and be aware that
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Bourbonnais fire personnel conduct water rescue training
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | over 3 years ago
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That's why members of the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District have been spending the past few days in the freezing waters of the Bourbonnais Municipal Center Pond. It's all part of what rescuers refer to as "Go method" training. "We typically reach,
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Yacht race Britons rescued off Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | over 3 years ago
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Five Britons and eight Irish people were rescued from a sinking racing yacht after it struck rocks in Indonesian waters, the UK coastguard said today. There were 16 people on board the Cork Clipper when it was holed near the island Gosong Mampango
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