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The Rapid City / Pennington County Water Rescue Team is comprised of volunteer members from the Rapid City Fire Department, Rapid City Police Department, Pennington County Sheriff's Office, and Pennington County Search and Rescue. The Team serves as the waterborne response component of the Regional Hazardous Materials and the all-hazards Technical Rescue (Urban Search and Rescue) Teams for Rapid City and Western South Dakota. The Team is dispatched to all sub-surface and surface water and ice incidents to include rescue, recovery, crime scene preservation and documentation, and evidence recovery. The Team works with the South Dakota States Attorney, regional law enforcement agencies, and will respond to requests from federal law enforcement for evidence search and recovery.