Columbus Division of Fire practices ice rescues as temperatures rise

COLUMBUS -- Members of several local Columbus Division of Fire companies are taking advantage of the warmer January weather to practice for a worst-case scenario, an ice rescue.Throughout the day on Tuesday, heavy response and dive teams met at the Anderson Concrete Quarry to practice rescue runs from the icy surface.“It boils down to nothing more than good practice,” Lt. Steve Treinish said. “We need the conditions and the realism for the companies to be effective when they ha