Easthampton Fire Capt. Sandi Krauss helps Greenfield Fire Capt. Jesse Phelps up the side of the Chesterfield Gorge as part of a Western Massachusetts Technical Rescue Team training on Sept. 5. The objective was to do a moving water search of the gorge and a high-angle rope rescue. Twenty-seven members from 14 different departments were participating. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Easthampton Fire Capt. Sandi Krauss helps Nick McKenna, with the Hadley Fire Department, up the side of the Chesterfield Gorge as part of a Western Massachusetts Technical Rescue Team training on Sept. 5. The objective was to do a moving water search of the gorge and a high-angle rope rescue. Twenty-seven members from 14 different departments were participating. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS