Rescue boaters would launch from a nearby golf course and into flooded streets. Here, I met Brett Scherer as he readied a 16-foot aluminum flat-bottom fishing boat to go into the neighborhood.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wood County Sheriff’s Department trained on a new airboat for cold water rescues Friday. The boat can be launched anywhere and used in the water and on top of ...

Officers from the borough’s 12-man department answered those calls, steering an 14-foot, flat-bottom boat ... throwing the small boat around, things got hairy during the rescue attempts, Barr ...

An airboat is a fiberglass or aluminum boat with a flat bottom used to navigate marshes ... Though there are some rescue airboats that do have them, increasing the drag of the boat to make ...

Upon arrival, they discovered several good Samaritans on site who had brought a flat-bottom boat to assist with the rescue efforts. First responders quickly joined the effort, deploying throw ...

The captains spoke to 7News on Friday afternoon, just hours after the rescue. “This boat happens to have a flat bottom so we can go in shallower water,” said Capt. Moe Wyman with Ballyhoo Media.