WETeam response
The Mate and I had just gotten home from a motorcycle ride when my FD pager went off. It seams a couple of canoes filled with drunks had tried to go over the falls. Well two of the canoeists made it out of the water by the time we arrived and of course the remaining canoeists were on a rock in the river.
Well long story short, the kids grabbed the wrong gear off the water rescue truck when they rushed down to the river bank. My self and another more "experienced" (AKA the old guys) firefighter took our time, got the right gear and headed down to the scene. I love the look of the faces of the young guys faces when we show up with the right gear and just go to work, and wind up being the two guys who go out into the water and make the recovery. (Every time I do that, I remind myself why the "experienced" guys got such a chuckle out of it when I made the same mistakes)
Nothing too exciting, package the victims and use the ParaTech rescue float to get them back to the shore.
Well long story short, the kids grabbed the wrong gear off the water rescue truck when they rushed down to the river bank. My self and another more "experienced" (AKA the old guys) firefighter took our time, got the right gear and headed down to the scene. I love the look of the faces of the young guys faces when we show up with the right gear and just go to work, and wind up being the two guys who go out into the water and make the recovery. (Every time I do that, I remind myself why the "experienced" guys got such a chuckle out of it when I made the same mistakes)
Nothing too exciting, package the victims and use the ParaTech rescue float to get them back to the shore.