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Miami County plans to rebuild water-rescue team; seeks funds to outfit technicians
Summary
Officials said the county currently has two certified water-rescue technicians at Osawatomie and proposed using water-rescue funds to outfit additional technicians and run a free 16-hour KU training, with an initial plan to equip six responders and a longer-term goal of about 20.
Miami County officials told commissioners they plan to rebuild the county’s surface-water rescue capability and asked to use existing water-rescue funds to outfit trained technicians after the county’s dive team was discontinued.
Mark Whalen, rural fire coordinator, said the county currently has two trained technicians at the Osawatomie station and that there is interest across departments: “10 firefighters in Osawatomie that are interested, another 4 in Fontana, another 10 in Lewisburg, and 5 in Paola,” he said. Whalen said the county is planning…
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