For Immediate Release:

January 04, 2021

Contact:

Craig Warzon

SVFD PIO

warzonc@spokanevalleyfire.com

509-638-3320

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Spokane Valley Fire Department to Hold Annual Ice Rescue Training

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The Spokane Valley Fire Department will be performing Ice Rescue Training January 6-8, 2021. The Department annually trains crews that are stationed near Shelley and Liberty Lake as well as members of the Swift Water Rescue Team.

The training will consist of a classroom session followed by live rescue training. The live training will be held at the WDFW Public Boat Launch on Newman Lake.

Click HERE for map to training location.

The live training sessions are scheduled for 10:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 3:00 PM on all three days.

About SVFD
Spokane Valley Fire Department serves the cities of Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Millwood and the surrounding unincorporated areas of Spokane County with a combined population of 125,000 across 75 square miles. SVFD firefighter crews which include paramedics and EMT’s, responded to more than 17,487 emergency calls in 2018.

Established in 1940, SVFD is an Accredited Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International; and has a class 2 WSRB rating as given by the Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau (WSRB).  SVFD is one of four accredited departments in the state and the only accredited department with distinction as a WSRB class 2.

For more information about Spokane Valley Fire Department, visit www.spokanevalleyfire.com.

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