2. 2010

Ice Rescue Training - Willow

Training and simulated drills involving ice rescue with the Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team.
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The crew pulls both victim and rescuer from the hole and drags them shoreward.
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The crew pulls both victim and rescuer from the hole and drags them shoreward.

WillowAlaska2010Matanuska Susitna ValleyWater Rescue

  • The crew begins by cutting a hole in the ice, which is still over two feet thick even at the end of April.
  • A four-foot bar is required on the chain saw to reach through the ice and gain access to the water below.
  • A four-foot bar is required on the chain saw to reach through the ice and gain access to the water below.
  • A drill is about to begin, with one victim through the ice and a rescuer geared up and ready to assist.
  • A rescuer works to remove the victim from the hole in the ice.
  • A pulley system is rigged to help lessen the work required to get the victim and rescuer out of the water.
  • Victim and rescuer are pulled from the hole with ease.
  • Tom King keeps an eye on the training.
  • Simulating ice conditions far less stable than what we actually have this evening, a rescuer approaches a victim.
  • A struggle ensues as the victim is slightly panicky and the rescuer is forced to work a little harder.
  • The crew pulls both victim and rescuer from the hole and drags them shoreward.
  • Tracy waits her turn to be rescued from our hole in the ice.
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