What Would Butch Do? Butch Hendrick on the rescue efforts in Thailand
Butch Hendrick on the rescue efforts in Thailand: There are several issues to consider in preparing the youth soccer team to be rescued from the cave. We are not there so we cannot understand all of the realistic difficulties. The following is based on my experience training thousands of divers in high-risk, zero-visibility environments and with people who are phobic of water. Issue 1: Problems regarding rescue safety. Cave divers,...
Leadership Level Rescue Diver Class – Philippines – Registration Deadline – July 31, 2018
Leadership Rescue Workshop – Cebu, Philippines Friday, August 31 – Sunday, September 2, 2018 Final day to register – Tuesday, July 31, 2018! NAUI Worldwide invites leaders from across the industry to participate in the first of its Leadership Rescue Workshop series taking place in Cebu, Philippines, August 31 – September 2, 2018. The workshop is designed to teach the most effective, state-of-the-art...
•Chicago Fire Department Diver Dies During Rescue Attempt – Fire Engineering News
Chicago Fire Department Diver Dies During Rescue Attempt A fire Firefighter had reportedly become separated from his partner 05/29/2018 A fire department diver looking for a man who fell off a boat into the Chicago River on Monday night was separated from his partner underwater and was killed. (WGN9 video) CHICAGO (AP) — A fire department diver looking for a man who fell off a boat into the Chicago River on Monday night...
Drill it in – how to run effective, dynamic short-duration drills to build teamwork, increased safety, and enthusiasm. By Andrea Zaferes and Walt Butch Hendrick
Drill it in – how to run effective, dynamic short-duration drills to build teamwork, increased safety, and enthusiasm. By Andrea Zaferes and Walt Butch Hendrick Real life drills for real life operations. Fire departments are faced with waning budgets that need to cover an ever-growing number of disciplines, that each require training, drill-time and equipment. Additionally, the growing need for many rescue personnel to have second or...
Conference on Crimes Against Women – April 16-19, 2018 – Dallas, Texas
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What would Butch do? Remember your first four responsibilities on a scene.
You can see the 5 year old’s body caught in the strainer. Everybody wants to go now. Let’s go get him. Take the basic 5 steps. What am I seeing that can go wrong? What am I not seeing because I’m looking to quickly. Do I have a hands-on practiced plan for how I’m going to get my own people out? Do I have everything I need for my trained emergency plan to work? If I’m not sure how I’m going to get the 5...
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