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OSU Fire Service Training provides 2025 Oklahoma Swiftwater Rescue Conference & Competition

Water rescues occur nearly every day in Oklahoma, where flash flooding is a recurring hazard and one of the deadliest severe weather threats. According to the National Weather Service, flash floods claim more than 100 lives annually in the United States and often place first responders themselves at significant risk.
Two individuals are submerged in swift waters. Both are wearing hard hats, and one appears to be pulling the other along.

 

 

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