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The Battle Creek Fire Department rescued two people after their boat flipped over a dam on the Battle Creek River.
One person was rescued from the Tar River after their boat began taking on water during a test run on Thursday, June ...
According to a Facebook post shared by the Ballplay Bend Fire Department, Etowah County dispatchers alerted them to a capsized boat around 3:20 a.m. on June 15.. BBFD responded with rescue trucks ...
Saturday night, MOTF-1 responded to two separate water rescue missions, according to a Fire District news release. The first occurred in Ripley County around 9:30 p.m. when a woman was left stranded ...
Boynton Beach's new rescue boat is being built by Silver Ships, and it’s their Freedom 28 model. It’ll be about 10 feet longer than the current boat fire rescue has — and a lot sturdier.
Shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, a local fire rescue boat crew reported finding coolers and other debris floating in the water off the Perry nuclear power plant.
The new vessel, Boat 53, is a 16-foot Zodiac MilPro Mark III inflatable rescue boat with a 40-horsepower motor, said Porters Volunteer Fire Chief Chris Walker. The boat was just placed in service ...
The 14-foot inflatable boat will serve as a temporary substitute for the fire department’s 13-year-old, 24-foot fire rescue boat, which is now being retrofitted courtesy of a U.S. Coast Guard grant.