Watch: Firefighters hoisted a dog to safety after it became stranded in the middle of a swiftly flowing aqueduct in Phelan.

Firefighters hoisted to a dog to safety after it became stranded on a structural beam in the middle of a swiftly flowing ...

A swift-water rescue team plucked a man and his dog from the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on Tuesday morning as a major winter storm brought torrential rain to the Southland.

After finishing their final practical assessment, Gallatin firefighters are set to earn swift water rescue certification in October.