KPRC 2 Investigates visited Fathom Academy, where most of the responders who train in its indoor flood tank come from the Houston area.

Two new facilities aim to give Greater Houston's first responders realistic swiftwater training close to home, before the next storm instead of during it.

Milton's floodwaters caught Lakeland's dive team off guard. Less than a year later, its officers earned high-water rescue certification in a 140,000-gallon tank built by Fathom Tanks.

PBS NC's ncIMPACT takes viewers inside FTCC's indoor swift water rescue facility, built around a 140,000-gallon Fathom Tanks training tank.

Fort Liberty's Water Rescue Team trained at Fayetteville Technical Community College's Swift Water Rescue Facility, home to a 140,000-gallon indoor tank built by Fathom Tanks.

Fayetteville Technical Community College cut the ribbon on its Swift Water Rescue Training Facility in November 2023, with a 140,000-gallon Fathom Tanks simulation tank at its core.

WRAL reported on the swift water training gap Fayetteville Tech set out to close: rescuers practicing in a contaminated river, and a state leaning on out-of-state teams when floods hit.

In November 2021, Fayetteville Technical Community College announced it would build the East Coast's first indoor swift water rescue training facility, with a tank and technology from Fathom Tanks.

The volunteer Jewish emergency response group put a 16,000-pound former military truck into service and sent six members to earn swift-water technician certification.

After Hurricane Harvey, the Harris County Sheriff's Office formed a Flood Rescue Group and sent its deputies to Fathom Academy in Georgetown, Texas, to earn swift water rescue certification in Fathom's indoor tank.

The Sheriff's Office is building an indoor training tank in north Houston, so first responders no longer have to leave the region to train for flood and swiftwater rescues.