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Emergency crews recently trained in ice rescue in the Swift Current Creek

 

With Christmas holidays taking place this week for many, the city Fire Department is reminding us to avoid walking on the creek right now.

"Some of the areas are faster moving water. Corners tend to be a problem and some of the areas where it's thinner, the water stays, or where it's warmed up by the sun," says Deputy Fire Chief, Pete L'Heureux regarding the many patches of thin ice. "We're advising people to certainly use caution around the creek, probably to stay off of it for the most part"

The fire department responds on average to 1 or 2 calls each year regarding an animal or person falling through the ice on the creek. "We've had some tragedies in the creek, whether it's in town or out of town on that piece of water", L'Heureux adds.

Donovan Fehr spoke with Pete L'Heureux about the thin ice along the Swift Current Creek...