Video: New Wave of Public Safety Ice Diving
The ice drowning season is just upon us. Now is the time for Fire Fighters, First Responders, Dive Teams, and Law Enforcement to experience The New Wave of Public Safety Ice Diving, and for the public to learn what they should and should not do if someone falls through. Drowning is the 2nd most common cause of accidental death to children in the U.S. and 3rd for adults. About half of these occur in cold water. Ice drowning victims...
Ice season is coming – is your dive team ready?
Technical Ice Diving The words “technical diving” are popping up all around the diving world these days. Sometimes I am not sure how they actually relate; does technical diving mean that we are just diving mixed gases, or does it mean that we are actually planning a technically responsible dive? No matter how you look at it, the words “technical diving” have a definite meaning when we discuss ice diving, and specifically as it...
What would Butch do? Everything you see is telling you a story.
LAST WEEK I SHARED……Steve Gerber’s video of a diver in a state of uncontrolled panic under water. Steve is not a dive instructor and shot this using a mask-mounted GoPro. The original footage was affected by high algae levels in the water, resulting in everything looking a rather monochromatic green. Here is what the same footage looks like with color correction, allowing you to see more detail. Posted by Cave Diver Harry...
A message to those in areas affected by the recent hurricanes
To our friends, students, and so many that we have met throughout the years – Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. The only thing more beautiful and powerful than an unleashed, unstoppable storm (be it a hurricane, tornado, typhoon, or whatever the atmosphere throws at us), is the power of mankind to persevere. We can no more stop an unleashed disaster than can human nature be stopped from being there for each other, to...
Aquatic and Equivocal Death Investigation Course Oct. 10-12 in Tampa, FL
The Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology & Applied Sciences (IFAAS) and the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office at USG is hosting a 3-day course on methods and best practices for investigation equivocal deaths, with special attention on water-related deaths and homicidal drownings. Numerous case studies will be presented throughout the course. Presenters: Andrea Zaferes and Cpl. Thomas McAndrew Course cost...
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