In 2015,
Iowa’s Council Bluffs Fire Department purchased a new 6-passenger Neoteric
rescue hovercraft. Immediately their first responders completed a Flight
Training Course at Hovercraft Training Centers, which included flood rescue
techniques on the Wabash River, then at 22.8 ft. flood stage.
The steep
Wabash River boat ramp is submerged in water all the way to the parking lot
as Council
Bluffs’ first responders begin their training.
After
their...
