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OPENING VO: As the water level continues to rise along rivers and streams and Lake Ontario, state and county officials are trying to keep the rising water from destroying nearby homes.
Five emergency services personnel from the 914th Air Refueling Wing Fire Department responded to an area along the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Olcott, NY where they assisted in setting up one of the newest methods in trying to keep the waters at bay.
INTERVIEW: What we're doing here today is we're building an aqua-dam that we're going to fill up with water to protect these structures that are along the shores of Lake Ontario. The water is rising pretty quickly, we're pretty much hooking up the portable pumps here. As you can see we're going to pump water out of the lake into these plastic bladders. Fills up about 9 feet wide and creates a dam protecting these structures from any water damage.
VO: The 84 foot dam is designed as a basic barrier to keep the water out. Once the bladder is filled it will reach a height of about 4 Feet.
Captain Kovacs explained why the 914th was called to assist.
INTERVIEW: We have a mutual aid agreement with the surrounding communities. They'll call us if they need help with manpower. A lot of times during the weekdays the volunteer companies, a lot of the volunteer firefighters that work at other jobs can't get out to the areas where they live quickly to respond to events like this. We have guys manned 24/7 at the air base and we have a good working mutual aid with the surrounding communities and they'll call us out.
VO:Meanwhile, the lake level is expected to rise by nearly a foot. The 914th Air Refueling Wing Fire department and the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station may be requested to assist again.
Peter Borys for 914th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs.
| Date Taken: | 05.10.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.10.2019 10:24 |
| Story ID: | 321830 |
| Location: | OLCOTT, NY, US |
| Web Views: | 41 |
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