A three-day swift-water rescue certification course taught by Terrace SAR to BC Parks personnel from all over the region, including Dease Lake, Kitimat and Hazelton, wrapped up on June 6.
Team members practised a scenario where an injured worker had fallen from the Kalum River bridge and was trapped on the far side of the river. They practised using various technical techniques during the simulation, which included using a pulley system to quickly get a rescue dinghy across the river to the injured worker and back.
“The program provides familiarity for the park rangers in and around the river to be able to, if they have to, execute a rescue on their own, but hopefully help the Terrace SAR team if anything should happen,” said David Brown, planning section head for BC Parks in Terrace.
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