And airboats, which were featured prominently in news reports of rescue operations following Hurricane Katrina, increasingly are ending up in inexperienced hands, said Philip Walters, president of the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Forget the need for a siren. You’ll definitely hear the 502-horsepower fan coming as the Grand Rapids Fire Department’s newest rescue tool comes roaring up the Grand River ...

(WFLA) – Rescue teams working in some of Florida’s hardest-hit areas are utilizing all the vehicles at their disposal to search for and assist residents in need of help after Hurricane Milton. In ...

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Matthew and Cathy Cain are finishing their first airboat ambulance they sold to the city of Grosse Ile, Mich. De Soto? For years, Cathy and Matthew Cain had a local reputation as the couple to call ...

The man was in the frigid water for 25 to 30 minutes before firefighters using an air boat were able to pull him out.

MANTEO, N.C. -- Eleven people were rescued after an airboat capsized off the Outer Banks on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A Dare County, North Carolina, dispatcher alerted Coast Guard ...

FONTANA -- Two men were rescued from the middle of Geneva Lake on Sunday, March 1 after an ice slab broke off from the main ice. Fontana Fire & Rescue officials responded around 11:30 a.m. for a ...

NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY (CBS4) - It was supposed to be a relaxing afternoon for a father and son in the Everglades, but everything changed when their airboat sank. William Cazanas and his 13-year-old ...

The Poquoson Fire Department has added a new tool to its inventory, an airboat that can navigate the marshy turf of the low-lying city. “It’s the only one in the state of Virginia as far as search and ...