Cowlitz County Dive Rescue

05/18/2026

Cowlitz County Dive Rescue was pleased to be able to assist the Cowltz County Sheriff's Department, Kelso Police Department and Carl's Towing with a hook and tow on a car that was found in the Cowlitz River this morning.

The current was very swift so no diver was put in water to perform the hook up. They hooked it up using an alternative method.

Photo credits to Marc and Bonnie.

05/03/2026

There's hot weather coming tomorrow, so remember:
Our rivers are always very cold.
Wear a life jacket when you are in the water.
Don't let children swim unsupervised.
Our rivers have very dangerous undertows and eddies.

Our team members would love to meet you, but without a crisis

04/26/2026

The Kid's Fishing Derby was held today at Lake Sacagawea. Chris set up the barrier yesterday morning. Fred and Jerry manned the boat this afternoon. Thank you, guys, for all you do for the public!

04/12/2026

We had a great training called Stop the Bleed this morning. Many thanks to our EMT/Deputy for all of the information. Having the new tools with water simulating blood flow to practice with was perfect.

Shared with permission from the Deputy.
Photo credit to Fred.

03/09/2026

Training today was at Gaither Pool again. What an awesome opportunity for us to train there in the winter months!! We had some deputies join us for throwbag practice. As well as throwbags, our team practiced flipping our new Rescue raft...and it took alot of effort!!! This raft is a beauty!!

Videos of the flipping will be in Comments.

02/14/2026

Fear not, folks. Due to the coordinated efforts of the Cowlitz County Dive Rescue Team, the Sheriff’s Department and Carl's Towing, the truck was towed out of the Cowlitz River today. Thanks for the great work, everyone.

No further information will be provided.

02/09/2026

In today's training, we got to play with the drone again, used a new rescue board and our new donation of a red Rescue raft. Many thanks to the R. A. Smith Foundation for the raft. It is amazingly quick to maneuver. The drone is able to pull the rescue board in the water and carry a magnet to tag a submerged car. It was a great training session.

12/15/2025

Training today in Gaither Pool allowed us to run some more tests on the underwater drone. It was pretty cool to see it in action and with it's lamps on!

11/06/2025

We were called again to pull out a car that went into Silver Lake just past George Taylor Rd yesterday. We apologize for the delay, as this occurred on Tuesday. No divers were available until Wednesday. We worked with Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department, Washington State Patrol, and Carl's Towing for a successful hook-up.

10/21/2025