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<p>Members of the Polson Fire Department's ice rescue team set out to retrieve a piece of debris from the ice of Polson Bay earlier this winter. Initially called in as a possible rescue of a person that had fallen through the ice, the situation provided the team with a valuable opportunity for practice.</p>

<p>Members of the Polson Fire Department's ice rescue team set out to retrieve a piece of debris from the ice of Polson Bay earlier this winter. Initially called in as a possible rescue of a person that had fallen through the ice, the situation provided the team with a valuable opportunity for practice.</p>

February 16, 2014

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Fire and ice
February 16, 2014 7 a.m.

Fire and ice

When Flathead Lake freezes over, the Polson Fire Department's ice rescue unit puts it all on the line

POLSON — With a sheet of ice once again blanketing Polson Bay, the Polson Fire Department’s emergency ice rescue team is ready to spring into action at any moment.