Saturday’s continuing winter conditions created a perfect opportunity for the Put-in-Bay Volunteer Fire Department to conduct an ice-safety seminar and practice rescue. Practice is conducted once a year, and everyone is taught how to use the board, rope and ladder for extraction. Chief J.R. Domer reported the water temperature was 32°F and the air temperature 35°F. Donna Steinbach, of Put-in-Bay Daily™, volunteered to be a person in need of rescue. She reported, “I felt an incredibly overwhelming mixture of adrenalin-rush and claustrophobia.”
The South Bass Island community remains appreciative and proud to have a professionally trained Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service. “Thank you, volunteers!”
