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Texas rescuers train at Rock Island
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Rock Island State Park is the perfect place to hone swiftwater rescue skills. Just ask the emergency personnel from Texas who visited last week.“They visited us for their training event,” said Rock Island State Park manager Damon Graham. “I asked one of the guys if they have water like this in Texas and he told me they haven’t seen water like this in Texas in years and the only way to train for water-related disasters before they happen is to come here.”Texas can be prone to flash-flood incidents, but quality training sites are limited there so fire and rescue professionals travel more than 15 hours and stay at the park all week to focus on improving their swiftwater safety skills.