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Photos: Crews practice rescue techniques on icy Holmes Lake
Trainees from Union College and local fire departments carry a rescue craft to the water during a surface ice rescue technician course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
ICE TRAINING
Tell Hanes (left) of the Waverly Fire Department and Southeast Rural Fire's Trey Wayne jump over freezing water to high-five while practicing surface ice rescues Friday at Holmes Lake. "We try to run these trainings for both our students and local first responders to make sure they are ready in case anything real happens," said Andrew Saunders, of the International Rescue and Relief program at Union College. To see more photos, point your smartphone camera at the QR code and tap the link.
Yve Ellis Lahav, a student in the International Rescue and Relief program at Union College, pulls a trainee onto a rescue craft during an exercise on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Participants in a training exercise on Friday pull classmates out of the freezing water at Holmes Lake. The International Rescue and Relief program at Union College organized the surface ice training for students and local fire departments.
Union College student Caleb Bonilla (top left) pulls Waverly Fire and Rescue's Tell Hanes aboard a rescue craft during a training exercise on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Southwest Rural Fire & Rescue's Jacob Smith reacts as he splashes down into freezing cold water during a surface ice rescue training course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Union College Student Caleb Bonilla (top) pulls Waverly Fire and Rescue's Tell Hanes aboard a rescue craft during a surface ice rescue training course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Southwest Fire & Rescue's Jacob Smith is helped out of the water by Waverly Fire's Tell Hanes (right) during a surface ice rescue training course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Union College student Caleb Bonilla (left) helps Southwest Fire & Rescue's Jacob Smith onto a floatation device during a surface ice rescue training course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Trainees from local fire and rescue departments practice surface ice rescues on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Trainees from local fire and rescue departments practice surface ice rescues during a training course on Friday at Holmes Lake.
Southeast Rural Fire's Trey Wayne (left) attaches ice cleats to his boots during a training exercise on Friday at Holmes Lake.
