2. 2010

Water Rescue Training - Susitna River

Water rescue training on the Susitna River.
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Team members discuss systems and rigging during a rope rescue training excercise.
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Team members discuss systems and rigging during a rope rescue training excercise.

Alaska2010Matanuska Susitna ValleyWillowWater RescueTom KingCasey CookSusitna River

  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team's airboat planes over the water of the Susitna River.
  • Team members discuss systems and rigging during a rope rescue training excercise.
  • Ropes are repacked and gear stowed after an exercise with Water Rescue Chief Cliff Silvers looking on.
  • Casey takes a moment to cool off in the chilly water.
  • The team's rescue airboat is an amazingly versatile piece of equipment.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Tom King drives the airboat out of a small side channel with barely a trickle of water flowing through, demonstrating the amazing versatility of such a large apparatus.
  • Richard Harrop pulls a rope across the channel in preparation for tensioning a diagonal line for traversing exercises.
  • The pull of the current on the dragging rope proves too much for both Richard and Josh's combined efforts to reach and establish a solid anchor point. Instead, it pulls them both back into the water where they are forced to free themselves and prepare for a second attempt.
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