From the warmth of your office, coffee in hand, you gaze out the window at the beauty of the snow flurries falling softly to the ground. It is a frigid day outside, but calm so far. Instantly that changes – a dispatcher on the radio frantically advises that a man has fallen through ice. You are the first on scene, and see a man half submerged in a lake as he uses every ounce of remaining strength to cling to a ledge of ice. Your mind races and you ask yourself, “Do I know what to do, do I have the right equipment, and am I trained for this?”