Lewiston firefighters Bill Bergeron, left, and Troy Cailler, center, pull Braxton Campbell, front, and Lt. Matt Wiers out of the Androscoggin River on a basket Thursday afternoon in Lewiston. Cailler, a certified instructor, led the annual ice water rescue training for all the department’s engine companies last week. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston firefighters Bill Bergeron, left, Matt Wiers, center, and Braxton Campbell from Engine 7 practice ice water rescue techniques Thursday afternoon in the Androscoggin River off Switzerland Road in Lewiston. Members of each engine crew trained there last week. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston firefighter Troy Cailler, right, works with other firefighters Thursday afternoon on the Androscoggin River off Switzerland Road in Lewiston during their annual ice water rescue training. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston firefighter Troy Cailler, back, watches Thursday afternoon as a firefighter guides a rescue stretcher with a dummy in it up a banking of the Androscoggin River off Switzerland Road in Lewiston. Cailler instructed firefighters during the department’s annual ice water rescue training last week. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston firefighter David Murphy, center, and other members of the city’s Fire Department train Thursday afternoon in ice water rescues on the Androscoggin River off Switzerland Road in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
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