01/21/2015 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - On the morning of Wednesday, January 21, 2015 around 1030 hours the Whitman Fire Department responded to a training scenario for a reported person through the ice at Hobart's Pond off of Essex Street. Rescue-1, Ambulance-247 and Car-3 responded. Crews donned Survival Suits and inflated the RDU inflatable boat off of Rescue-1. Safety rope lines were tied to the two firefighters and the boat. The crew made their way on to the ice, and then were retrieved. This was the third of four group's from Whitman Fire to review and simulate an ice water rescue this year. All groups will be going through the evolution, at an unknown time during their shift, and will be conducted by Lieutenant Al Cunningham, the Fire Training Officer.
