Drown Proofing Turn Out Gear
A firefighter dressed in turnout gear and no personal flotation device (PFD) falls out of a small boat during a flood in New Jersey while attempting to help flood victims. Tragically, he drowns. All firefighters have the potential of experiencing accidental immersion in flooded basements or trenches, covered pools, and open water sites. Just look at the number of fire personnel standing on the Hennepin County Bridge collapse in turnout gear with no PFD’s. If you suddenly end up submerged in the water while wearing turnout gear do you know what to do survive? In the 1970’s FDNY had a problem with ...
Winter Training, On the Go in the Cold
As the Temperatures drop, is your Dive Rescue / Recovery Team ready to respond to surface ice or Ice Dive Operations? At Team Lifeguard Systems we provide several extensive options for Winter training including but not limited to; SURFACE ICE RESCUE TECHNICIAN I & II CERTIFICATION COURSE as well as RAPID DEPLOYMENT ICE DIVING RESCUE / RECOVERY PROGRAM
Real life training for real life operations
Real life training for real life operations. Take LGS public safety diver training to make sure YOU can go home at the end of every dive day!
LGS Moving Water Dive Specialist
A significant number of PSD deaths occur in moving water and are caused by teams diving in environments for which they do not have the right training for equipment. The LGS moving water class will teach you how to rescue your own and how to run safe and effective dives in current. We wont just talk what to do if it goes bad – every diver/tender will practice it hands-on in dynamic contingency scenarios. To learn more about the Moving Water Class ....
LGS Swiftwater Rescue / Recovery
The key is to stay out of the water when it comes to swiftwater rescue. Ask about the LGS Dynamic tension diagonal system seen in background, and how to set up a rescue boat that an be moved not only side-to-side but up and downstream (the system in front) To learn more about Swiftwater Rescue / Recovery...
LGS Small Boat Class
Learn how to set up, maintain, and operate your boat in dynamic, hands-on rescue scenarios during the LGS small boat class. To Learn more about LGS Small Boat Class....
LGS Underwater Vehicle Extrication class
In the LGS Underwater Vehicle Extrication class learn how to work massive entanglement hazards, how to flip submerged cars from any position with or w/o a tow truck, how to use lift bags, and how to safety search a vehicle scene. For more information about our vehicle extrication class ...
Drownproofing turnout gear training
Drownproofing turnout gear training – from the man who started it with FDNY in the 1970’s. Flooded basements, snow covered pools, flooded trenches, and boat fire operations can all put firefighters at risk accidental immersion in turnout gear. Let LGS teach you how to use the turnout gear to your advantage and how to ditch it if it no longer holds air – the only mission you have to complete is go home at the end of the day To learn more about this class Drownproofing turnout gear...
Training
Conference to be presented by TeamLGS
TeamLGS will be presenting talks on Aquatic Pediatric Abuse and Homicide. This...
A response to “why” we train the way we do
We received a comment from our PSD ice diving video. “We have plenty of ways of...
Understand the safe way of PSD ice diving / rescue
The ice drowning season is just upon us. Now is the time for Fire Fighters, First...
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Rescue Net
Part of being a prepared rescuer is knowing how to get an injured diver or person...
Pet Rescue Device
Bo Tibbetts, an LGS instructor and our LGS Midwest Rep, made the following useful...
Guardian Mask – you’re going to love it!
OTS Guardian Full Face Mask It’s even better than we hoped for You’ll never go...
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Conference to be presented by TeamLGS
TeamLGS will be presenting talks on Aquatic Pediatric Abuse and Homicide. This is the largest conference of its kind in the world that provides both basic and advanced training in the detection, investigation, prosecution, and healing interventions in all types of child victimization, including physical and sexual abuse, neglect, fatalities, sexual... [Read more of this review]
NYS Criminal Justice Services retains LGS’s Andrea Zaferes to fill gap in aquatic-death investigation training
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services has engaged Andrea Zaferes of Team Lifeguard Systems to deliver a two-day Aquatic Death and Homicidal Drowning Investigation class. Ms. Zaferes also acts as a contract medicolegal death investigator for the Dutchess County Medical Examiner’s Office. The DCJS class will be offered on an... [Read more of this review]
Rescue Net
Part of being a prepared rescuer is knowing how to get an injured diver or person out of the water and up onto a boat or dock. The first step is to strip all the gear off a diver, if this hasn’t already been done. The next step is to keep the patients horizontal when removing them from the water. This is especially important for patients who have... [Read more of this review]
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