Firefighters across the state and the Maryland National Guard performed their annual training to help with rescues during natural disasters.
During the training WMAR-2 News trailed along while both organizations demonstrated what it takes to safely perform a water rescue.
Maryland’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART) takes a collaboration between fire fighters across Maryland like Micheal Szczesniakowski, who’s a lieutenant Baltimore County Fire Department, and Will Tobin who’s a Chief Warrant Officer III with Maryland National Guardsman, to safely rescue someone from the water in the event of a hurricane or natural disaster.
“We are surrounded by water, the state of Maryland has a tremendous amount of water bay estuaries ocean this can happen anytime. Anytime a hurricane coming up the Chesapeake Bay could basically require the skills that we’re training on currently,” Szczesniakowski said.