Forsyth County Fire Department Special Operations

Swift Water Rescue Unit

This unit responds out of Fire Station 15 and is responsible for rescues involving victims trapped in swiftly moving waters. Primary responses of this unit involve the Chattahoochee River south of Buford Dam and fishermen or boaters stranded in the quickly rising waters. In 2010, a grant was received from Fireman’s Fund Insurance to help fund a new shallow water running swift water rescue boat. Delivery of the vessel was taken in 2011.