Friday, July 2, 2010 DeSoto Fire District 8 firefighters recently completed a 40 hour rope rescue course. Members of DeSoto Fire District 1 and DeSoto Parish EMS also attended the class. The course followed NFPA 1670 for operations level response for techincal rescue. The couse was taught by Texas Rescue based out of Irving, Texas. Pictures from the course can be found in our photo gallery.