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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">February 3, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Clayton Farr, Jr.
<br />Assistant Fire Chief
<br />Columbia Fire Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7557
<br />Clayton.Farr@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Firefighters rescue one person and dog after falling through ice</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At 3:04 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, the Columbia Fire Department was called to a water rescue in the 2600 block of Carrera Drive for reports of people and a dog who had fallen through the ice on a frozen lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to recent snowfall, hazardous road conditions made access to the scene difficult. Approximately 10 minutes after the initial dispatch, the first arriving crew found that one individual who had fallen through the ice had self-rescued, was out of the water and had been taken to a nearby residence. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additionally, as efforts were underway to rescue the dog, a subject nearby in a kayak began breaking ice in attempts to get to the dog. As the crew approached the shore, the subject fell from the kayak into the water. The crew assisted this subject out of the water and to his home nearby.</span></p>
<p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The crew observed that a dog was still in the water approximately 30 feet from the shore. Prior to their arrival, firefighters had already donned special ice-rescue gear and were able to reach the dog and safely guide it from the water. The rescue of the dog was completed within 4 minutes of the crews’ arrival.</span></p>
<p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Columbia Fire Department wants to remind our residents of these ice-safety considerations:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If a dog or another person has fallen through ice, you will likely fall through as well if you try to help them</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ice should be a minimum of 4 inches thick to carry the weight of a single person and thicker if more than one person is in the same area</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't gather in groups on the ice</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't go onto the ice if it has the appearance of shattered glass (no matter the thickness)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't go onto the ice if it is cracked or covered with snow (thinner areas of ice may be hidden underneath)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't ever go onto ice alone</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have some type of floatation with you, if possible</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have any uncertainty about its condition, your safest option is to stay off the ice.</span></p></div>
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<div class="content"><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="https://gis.gocolumbiamo.com/CityView/?find=2600 Block Carrera Drive" target="_blank">2600 Block Carrera Drive</a></div>
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