Many people venture onto the ice covering area lakes in the winter. Too many are unprepared for the worst, rescue officials ...

It then quickly became an all-hands-on-deck rescue effort for the boaters ... doing recreational activities on the ice. "Having the proper safety equipment, planning ahead, never going alone ...

WE HAVE PURCHASED DRY ICE SUITS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ICE, SPECIFICALLY FOR ICE RESCUE. YOU CAN USE OTHER GEAR LIKE DRY SUITS, BUT REALLY YOU NEED TO BE IN ICE SUITS TO PERFORM THESE RESCUES WITH THE ...

and how to use the ice rescue equipment,” Bruce says. “It’s just a good refresher to get those skills fine-tuned.” Ice rescues are only needed a few months out of the year, so Bruce says ...

Landis said the public will see as part of the training exercise, an increased presence of emergency vehicles in that area of Lake Somerset.

A Sugar Creek Township Fire Department ice pond rescue trainer shows how to use safety equipment. “You don’t want to break the ice and make a bigger hole,” Keithley said. “The biggest ...