Three Rivers WET Team Drill

This morning I went to a drill with the Three Rivers WET Team in the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin. WET stands for water extrication technician. The WET team is compromised of firefighters and EMTs in the Lakes Region who are all water extrication technicians. My project sponsor Jason, a WET team member,  invited me to come to the drill. I met Jason at the Franklin Fire Department at 7:15 and we took Franklin's heavy rescue over which carries a ton of equipment used by the WET team. We met the other WET team members who were from the Tilton Northfield and Sanbornton fire departments and everyone dressed out. One of the Tilton Lieutenants conducted the drill and we briefed on the goals of the drill. The WET team was split into three groups to establish a highline upriver and two tension diagonal lines downriver used to anchor the swimmers. In the end we spent four hours and I assisted the highline crew as we controlled lines which tethered the swimmers. In the debriefing a lot of the WET team discussed what could have gone better. It was a very cool drill to watch and I'm glad I got the chance to attend.