High danger involved with flood channel rescues Share Updated: 5:43 PM MDT Jul 21, 2021 Share Updated: 5:43 PM MDT Jul 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. SHELLY: BREAKING IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, RESCUE CREWS HAVE NOW FOUND A SECOND BODY IN THE ARROYOS NEAR TRAMWAY AND ROY. THEY’RE STILL SEARCHINGOR F ANOTHER. GOOD EVENING. I’M SHELLY RIBANDO. DOUG: AND I’M DOUG FERNAND.EZ THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE NOW. SASHA LENNINGER WILL BE THERE LIVE WITH DETAILS. BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT HOW THESE RESCUES HAPPEN. CREWS FROM ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE, AND BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE STAGE AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPOTS ALONG THE ARROYO, ENWH THEY LEARNED SOMEONE WAS IN THERE FOLLOWING SEVERE WEATHER. SASHA: TETHERED TO ONE ANOTHER, AND SPACED SEVERAL FEET APART, THIS IS HOW FIRE CREWS PREPARE TO SAVE SOMEONE SWEPT AWAY IN THE ARROYOS DURING SEVERE WEATHER. >> OURLA ARM ROOM WILL ALERT THOSE STATIONS THAT HAVE TSEHO FLOOD CHANNEL RESCUE CAPABILITIES. TORE PPARE, MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GEAR. SASHA: ONCE A 911 CALL COMES IN, SAYING SOMEONE HAS BEEN SPTEOTD IN THE FLOOD CHANNEL, CREWS ARE TO TLDO STAGE AT 11 DIFFERENT AREAS. >> THEY BEGIN ALL THE WAY ARNE TRAMWAY IN FOUR HILLS, TRAMWAY NEAR CENTRAL, THEY GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE EMBUDO DIVERONSI CHANNEL, AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL. SASHA: IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, FIRE CREWS ARE READY TO GO. >> ONCE SOMEONE IS HOOKED INTO THE BELAY DEVICE AND THEY’RE SAFELY SECURED VIA ROPE SYSTEM, THEY AREN’T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. SASHA: HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. ONE CREW MEMBER IS TETHERED TO ANOTHER, WHO IS THEN TETHERED TO A CEMENTED PE.OL THE PERSON CLOSEST TO THE WARTE IS THE ONE WHO DEPLOYS A ROPE BAG IF THEY SEE SOMEONE. EACH TWO PERSON UNIT, SPAC OUTED SEVERAL FEET, FROM TWO OTHER UNS.IT >> THE IDEA IS THAT IF I DEPYLO MY ROPE BAG AND I MISS THE VICTIM, HWEAVE TWO OTHERS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE SUCCESS WITH THEIR DEPLOY BAGS. SASHA: ONCE THE PERSON GRABS THE ROPE BAG, THEY’RE BROUGHT TO ETH BANK, WHERE YOU’LL SEE SEVERAL OTHER CREW MEMBERS THERE TO HELP. DO