VIDEO: Local firefighters are taking action and preparing for rescues during flooding.
The Concord Fire Department has been doing a 40-hour swift water rescue course since Friday.
The Firefighters are learning how to operate rescue boats, swim in, navigate, and rescue people in fast-moving water.
Course instructor Robby Grief says this training is needed because they've already had five water accidents this year. He also says that flooding is a constant problem and they need to be prepared.
Most importantly, Grief says if you see a road closed sign during flooding, turn around don't drown. He told Local 6 that most of the department's rescues were from people driving in the backwater.