With monsoon season officially underway, the city of Phoenix on Monday held its annual Monsoon Preparedness Event to educate the public and showcase the equipment and tactics used to help keep the Valley safe during storms. In addition to staging their equipment, the Phoenix Fire Department Technical Rescue Team cautioned visitors or newcomers to Phoenix about the deadly consequences that can occur if someone drives a car into a flooded roadway. “Mostly in the Valley we are preparing for people who enter a waterway that they shouldn’t have, Captain Dave Schmitt of the technical rescue team told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “But they entered it anyways — and they’ve gotten stuck and we have to go extract them from their car.” The Phoenix Fire Department Technical Rescue Team is comprised of specially trained firefighters.