LAFAYETTE, Colo. (KDVR) — Even when he's not at his day job saving lives as a local firefighter, Brian Saxon is hard at work in the family garage, honing a device he invented to help keep people alive.

Saxon is a lifelong swimmer, diver and lifeguard, and a few years ago, he had an epiphany: when people like him are trying to rescue someone from the water, and get them onto a boat or over the side of a swimming pool, it's hard to get the victim to safety without injuring them.

So, Saxon got to work in his father's garage, putting together a prototype for a device that would make things easier for rescuers.

The final product? A buoyant backboard called the Rescue X Rapid Extrication Board.

A rescuer can strap it on to the victim to keep them safe, secure and on the surface. With skis on

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