The Fredericton Fire Department says fluctuating temperatures from climate change are changing the way ice freezes on lakes and rivers, leading to unsafe conditions. So its firefighters are brushing up on their ice-rescue skills.
Training session aims to keep skills fresh for hazardous ice rescues
Ian Curran · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 18, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 23 minutes ago
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Firefighters from the Fredericton Fire Department practices ice rescues at Killarney Lake. (Ian Curran/CBC News)
The Fredericton Fire Department says fluctuating temperatures from climate change are changing the way ice freezes on lakes and rivers in New Brunswick, leading to unsafe conditions.
This month, the department is hosting a two-week-long training session on ice rescues, giving firefighters a chance to brush up on the skills they need to deal with these hazardous conditions.
“With the water continually moving and temperature up and down, it causes what most people [assume] to be safe ice, but is not really safe ice,” said Craig Harnum, deputy chief of operations for the fire department.
“So we have way more open water and way more unsafe ice than we would normally have any other year.”
Harnum and his team are training at Killarney Lake,
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