RFD pays tribute to firefighters lost in tragedy 67 years ago

Their health on this day 67 years ago?

"* two rochester firefighters and a 9 while trying to save save that boy on silver lake.

Today the department held its annual ceremony to pay tribute.

Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal has more on the story.

I talked to the rochester fire department to see what they've learned since this experience.

From fighting fires to ice rescue... these brave men and women are trained for every emergency scenario.

Captain caleb feine says events that end tragically are typically a teaching moment for the department.

He says the department has become good at adapting and learning from tough situations.

" we learn from things that went wrong.

So we don't have the same thing happen.

Our tactics our strategies have adapted with the times and we have specialize suits that help us today to keep the elements away from us.

We are able to go in further into the water and not feel that icy cold water on our skin.

We have more tools in terms of sleds that we can use to get someone out of the water quicker and safer.

Despite the cold weather todays event had a good the department tells us they train annually for ice rescues.