January 13, 2010 by Walter "Butch" Hendrick
STOP, THINK, ACT By Walt “Butch” Hendrick The words and concepts are pretty simple and and areprobably familiar to all divers, but what do they mean? How do we put them to our best use? Let us...
Personal Water Craft (PWC)January 7, 2010 by Walter "Butch" Hendrick
Personal Watercraft as a tool in surface and diving operations. Personal watercrafts (PWC’s) today are one of the most effective rapid response rescue tools available. They allow rescuers an ease of...
Buoyancy ControlJanuary 4, 2010 by Walter "Butch" Hendrick
Buoyancy control is actually much deeper than most people understand. It requires an understanding that we are in a weightless environment. It is only weightless because we do things to make it so, such...
Sport Firefighter CourseDecember 29, 2009 by Walter "Butch" Hendrick
Hey, Sport! I was thinking that if I could find the time, I would like to take a sport firefighter course, down at the local fire store. And then I might be able to take a sport confined space or haz-mat...
Black Water DivingDecember 21, 2009 by Walter "Butch" Hendrick
When you believe the water is as black as it can get and suddenly the unthinkable happens, it becomes even blacker, you know instantly something has happened, and you are probably not out sport diving....



