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Jan. 17, 2025 5:46 pm

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Cedar Rapids firefighters slide across the ice at the pond in Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids during the department’s annual ice rescue training. While the firefighters had an unseasonably warm day for the training -- with a high in the 40s -- the ice will be firming up this weekend, with temperatures barely above zero and wind chills far below that mark. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) — Cedar Rapids firefighters slide across the ice at the pond in Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids during the department’s annual ice rescue training. While the firefighters had an unseasonably warm day for the training — with a high in the 40s — the ice will be firming up this weekend, with temperatures barely above zero and wind chills far below that mark. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids firefighters practice ice rescues Friday at the Noelridge Park pond in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids firefighter Neil Gerot demonstrates ice rescue techniques to the firefighters taking part in the annual ice rescue training Friday at the Noelridge Park pond in Cedar Rapids. The training prepares firefighters to rescue people who fall through the ice. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Firefighters practice ice rescues at the Noelridge Park pond on Friday in Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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