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

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

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

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

Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena