Valley firefighters stressing water safety as warmer weather approaches

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Temperatures volition ascent toward the 90s, sending radical to Valley lakes and rivers to bushed the vigor for the weekend.

But archetypal responders person a informing to astir the dangers underneath the inviting water.

Valley firefighters are informing radical to instrumentality precautions during a engaged play connected the water.

"All household members should effort and person PFDs, which are idiosyncratic flotation devices, oregon immoderate benignant of beingness jackets," said Captain James Eggleston with Fresno County Fire and CAL FIRE.

Station 87 successful Southeast Fresno and Station 72 successful Millerton Lake are wherever the h2o rescue teams are based.

Eggleston said they've already seen an summation successful h2o rescues. That's wherefore firefighters bid year-round.

"We privation to bid for the inevitable and hopefully that ne'er happens," said Eggleston. "Especially with Mother Nature and water, determination are each kinds of variables."

Captain Eggleston said they're going to beryllium doing drills to get much firefighters qualified for these types of calls. He adds, they'll besides beryllium doing refreshers to assistance get them acceptable for the summertime season.

Just days earlier Mother's Day, a travel to the stream ended successful calamity for a Central California family.

First responders successful Stanislaus and Merced counties worked unneurotic to hunt for a mother, who was swept distant earlier this week trying to prevention her drowning daughter.

"She saw that her 11-year-old girl was having a hard clip keeping her caput supra water," said Sergeant Veronica Esquivez with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office.

"She went into assistance daughter, but past she began having occupation staying supra water."

Duran's teenage lad past tried to leap successful and assistance them.

Deputies said the 2 siblings made it retired safely and were treated connected scene.

Multiple agencies, including the Merced County Sheriff's Office, were called retired connected Thursday to look for Duran.

On Friday morning, deputies continued the search. But the stream tin beryllium a challenge.

"(The river) tin change, particularly this clip of year," said Sergeant Esquivez. "When we get each the h2o from the mountains coming down to us, that's thing we can't predict."

Because Mother Nature tin beryllium unpredictable, some Eggleston and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office stress, that you don't bent successful oregon astir the lakes and rivers alone.

You should ever marque definite idiosyncratic is with you earlier getting into the water.

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