Ventura County firefighters in conjunction with California OES Urban Search and Rescue Regional Task Force spent the whole week training their crews for disasters.
Near the Matilija Dam in Ojai, intense training is taking place to help save lives -- including an advanced rope rescue technician course.
“It is a state fire marshal course and we are out here teaching regional task force 7 which is their Search and Rescue team for Ventura County,” said John Cecena, a captain from the Oxnard Fire Department. “We are teaching their members advance leave of rope training for rope rescue emergencies.”
“This is just not Ventura County training. This is Oxnard City, and Ventura City training as a regional task force 7 group,” said Ventura County Fire Capt. Guy Horton.