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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, January 22, 2015 | 6 Spotlight Fire and ice "Connected to your Community" Oakville re ghters were joined by Halton Regional Police marine unit of cers during training for water and ice rescue scenarios last week at Oakville's re training campus on South Service Road. Teams practised techniques for a variety of rescue operations, including those in which an injured person is either in open water or close to the ice edge. Each scenario requires different tools, such as a rope for the victim to clutch, a oating foam apparatus to buoy an injured person around the abdomen or a stretcher bucket to carry the person ashore. The training continues through February and will be conducted in a pond, seen here at the training facility, as well as in Lake Ontario. | photos by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/ Clockwise from top left, re ghter Bob Jones receives a foam apparatus from re ghter Andy Latimer to help rescue him. The practice pond at the Oakville re training campus; Latimer, right, and Halton Regional Police Service Marine Unit Cst. Jeff Thurston, left, rescues Cst. Al Bonner (centre in yellow helmet); Bonner, left, and Jones wait to be assisted; Jones puts Thurston into a stretcher bucket with the help of Latimer, under supervision by Training Of cer Adam Rockall (black helmet). Volume 53 | Number 6 447 Speers Road, Oakville ON (905) 845-3824 Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. NEIL OLIVER Vice­President and Group Publisher DAVID HARVEY Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Halton Region Editor in Chief Editorial Department: (905) 632-0588 Advertising Department (905) 845-3824 Classi ed Advertising: (905) 632-4444 Circulation: 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington (905) 631-6095 DANIEL BAIRD Director of Advertising ANGELA BLACKBURN Managing Editor