Cutter crews conduct ice rescue training.
Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, homeported in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., practice ice rescue techniques in the Straits of Mackinac Feb. 4, 2014.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Paul Walker
JBER FIRE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS ICE WATER RESCUE TRAINING.
U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists Airmen 1st Class Tyler Parmelee, left, and Joseph Humphrey, practice victim recovery while conducting ice water rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Feb. 4, 2017.
U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena
On Dangerous ice - Coast Guard warns not all ice is safe
The crew of Coast Guard Station Burlington conducting ice rescue drills in Lake Champlain. January 11, 2010
U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith
COLD COMFORT
Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Cook tosses a throw bag to firefighters in a frigid lake during cold water and ice rescue training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 20, 2015. Cook is squadron commander of the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron.
Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena