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 Nearly
all of County Fire’s first-response engines,
ambulances, squads, and rescue units are equipped
with swift-water rescue gear, which includes
dry-suits, floating ropes, personal flotation
devices, and other rescue equipment.
Additionally, inflatable rescue boats, line guns,
(which can propel rescue ropes over long distances),
and other types of swift-water rescue gear are
positioned throughout the county for rapid
deployment, especially around streams where heavy
rains can create deep, fast moving currents.
All San Bernardino County firefighters receive basic
swift-water rescue training, and well over 100
firefighters are trained in advanced swift-water
rescue skills. Swift-water
Rescue personnel have the ability to perform
land-based swift-water rescues, in which rescuers
work from stream banks, bridges and other dry land
locations, and water rescue systems, in which rescue
personnel enter the water.
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