Austin swift water rescue teams prepared for flooding after recent training

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the possibility of flash flooding Monday night, Austin-Travis County EMS crews are ready after they recently returned from a new round of swift water training
Because lakes in Central Texas rarely see swift water unless one of the dams has opened, crews who perform swift water rescues typically don’t get to train and practice their skills here. That’s why, last week, they went to Rock Island, Tennessee, to train in the Rocky River.
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