The call came in on an unseasonably hot day in June: “Swimmer in distress on the Willamette River.” After the call was dispatched, the Corvallis Fire Department’s C Shift swung into action. Emergency vehicles from Station 1 and Station 4, including an ambulance, a fire engine, and a truck hauling the department’s Special Rescue Team motorboat, sped south to the boat ramp at Crystal Lake.