#535219 - 02/08/0501:27 PM
Re: Ice Fishing Rescue Plan
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Registered: 03/01/04
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Just wanted to let all of you know, and thank you for the idea, we have put together Ice Safety handouts and cards for giveaways at shows and talks.
Reading this thread got me thinking about the safety of the public along with our officers when they are on the ice checking fishermen. As a result I obtained info from Minnesota DNR and Pennsylvania Fish & Boat that the DEP Office of Communications combined into a multipage handout. I also purchased the retractable ice safety picks for all of our officers which have been issued to them. We are sending two of our officers to an ice rescue training program in Morris later this month and they are going to take that information and develop an ice safety/rescue program for our officers.
The handouts will be making their public debut at the Hunting & Fishing Expo in Hartford this month.
Thanks for the idea! Hopefully the info may save someone's life - or keep them from going through the ice in the first place.