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May02

Take a dive with Butch in Bonaire. Check out this video!

Watch Butch’s dive video here. Take a dive with Butch in Bonaire. Practice skills mid-water without rising or falling in the water column. If you play with these skills let us know how it goes and if you have any questions Butch will answer them on our website. Safe Diving Always, TeamLGS....

May02

Maximum dive time for Public Safety Diving searches.

Posted By Karen Thomas-Malloy

Maximum dive time for Public Safety Diving searches. Part of the TeamLGS Public Safety Diving Standards and Guideline Series Copyrighted Walt “Butch” Hendrick and Andrea Zaferes 1989, 2019 Why is 20 minutes with a possible 5 minute extension the maximum dive time for low to zero visibility diving? Ice diving has a 15 minute maximum with a possible 5 minute extension. Some divers may need to have their time reduced to 15...

Apr29

Tulsa, Oklahoma-Public Safety Diving Forensic Investigative Procedures Workshop

Posted By Karen Thomas-Malloy

Public Safety Diving Forensic Investigative Procedures Workshop(4 hours, 1800 – 2200 hours) May 29, 2019 Tulsa, OK, hosted by Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office (immediately after the first day of Aquatic Death and Homicidal Drowning Investigations) This indoor workshop combines lectures and hands-on drills. It is an intensive, dynamic, state-of-the-art workshop by a 26 year veteran of the PSD...

Mar26

Swiftwater Surface Rescue Article – Catch Me If You Can by Butch Hendrick

Posted By Karen Thomas-Malloy

Catch Me If You Can Some Basics On Moving Water By Walt “Butch” Hendrick The incredible force of unleashed moving water is one of the most awesome factors in our lives. Even those who understand it, view it in awe. Moving water seems to beckon to the human race, come play with me. The brave at heart yet often naive in skill, are all to quick to respond to her call of promised adventure. White water and flood waters move so...