KCFD kept secret that firefighter drowned during training.

[u/Wesofire]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article311598450.html

[u/Pyroechidna1]

Just swimming practice in advance of the swim test, or doing something more elaborate like jumping in with full bunker gear?

[u/Wesofire → u/Pyroechidna1]

I took it as practice. I certainly hope they weren’t in the water in bunker gear.

[u/Decent_Arm7046 → u/Wesofire]

It’s was a 300m qualifier for the rescue division, it wasn’t unsupervised and unplanned. It is a requirement for the rescues