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  • Water rescue team members wearing helmets and wetsuits assisting a person in a water rescue operation around a partially submerged vehicle in a body of water, with a news banner indicating the Lakeland Police Department's certification in water rescues.

    Lakeland officers undergo water rescue training after ‘shock’ from last year’s flooding

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    PBS: Inside One of America's Most Advanced Water Rescue Training Facilities

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  • Group of people in a water training session wearing life jackets and helmets, with an instructor on a rescue boat inside an indoor aquatic facility, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    US ARMY: The Importance of Swift Water Rescue Training for Community Safety

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  • A large indoor water tank or pool where rescue or training exercise is taking place, with a submerged vehicle and water rescue personnel in gear, surrounded by onlookers taking pictures, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    FTCC holds ribbon-cutting and demonstrations at new Swift Water Rescue Training Facility

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  • Group of people in life jackets and red helmets engaging in water rescue training in a pool with yellow railing and rescue equipment, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    Come Hell or High Water: Hatzalah of Houston adds flood rescue vehicle to fleet

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  • Reporter speaking underwater inside a boat during water rescue training. Water surrounds him, and parts of the boat are visible, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    How Houston-area first responders train and prepare for storms like Hurricane Beta

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  • Two individuals wearing safety gear are in turbulent water, with one person holding onto the other as they are caught in a rapid or rescue situation, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    Fayetteville Technical Community College plans indoor swift water rescue training facility

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  • Rescue workers assisting a person at night in knee-deep water, wearing helmets and safety gear, in a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    Swift water and flood rescue training facility could simulate range of scenarios

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  • Harris County Sheriff in a sheriff's uniform with a patch that reads Sheriff and a name tag K. Gates, sitting indoors with yellow railings and a boat in the background, speaking to the camera, next to a Fathom Tanks water simulation tank.

    Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputies Train To Receive Their Swift Water Rescue Certifications

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