Kayaker Saved from Swift Water

Kayaker Saved from Swift Water

Fort Benning Fire Department Reported: April 19, 2014 Reported by William P. Pagels, District Chief FORT BENNING, GA — After very heavy rains the Upatoi Creek was running 16 feet above flood stage when six untrained kayakers entered the water and were rapidly over...
Squad Uses Frisbee-Like Gadget In Tubers’ Rescue

Squad Uses Frisbee-Like Gadget In Tubers’ Rescue

By Anna C. Irwin Of the Daily Times Staff If you can throw a Frisbee, you can save a life. Blount County Rescue Squad used the ResQ Disc to prove that last Friday when the hauled two tubers out of Little River in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, then were...