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Go Underwater With West Metro Firefighters For Training

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- West Metro Fire and Rescue crews took a camera with them during Tuesday's underwater training session.

Divers plunged into the freezing water below six inches of ice at Big Soda Lake in Bear Creek State Park.

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(credit: West Metro Fire Rescue)

Divers tested the ice above their heads.

Crews from West Metro also joined crews from South Metro, Thornton and Westminster.

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Underwater training for West Metro Fire Rescue (credit: West Metro Fire Rescue)

Those firefighters get called out to search for everything from dogs in the water to checking abandoned cars submerged in urban waterways.

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(credit: West Metro Fire Rescue)
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