— Gainesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Shane Lee spoke to the Gainesville Rotary Club Wednesday about improvements the department has made in the area of water rescue as a result of a devastating flood in June, 2007. He described the department’s Swift Water Rescue team which was formed in late 2007 after a flood that resulted in three local deaths. The department now has an eight-member team trained for water rescue with a fully equipped boat and other equipment to respond to an emergency.
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Gainesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Shane Lee spoke to the Gainesville Rotary Club Wednesday about improvements the department has made in the area of water rescue as a result of a devastating flood in June, 2007. Staff photo by Jim Perry
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