Starting A Dive Rescue / Recovery Team v.2

So you want to start or improve a public safety dive team Part I – Start with the right mentality by Andrea Zaferes “The most important mission in starting or improving a team is to do what it takes to make sure team members can accomplish the one job they must do every time – […]

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Starting A Dive Rescue / Recovery Team v.1

A situation common to Dive Teams throughout our country is how do you get service to a community that has limited resources. For this you must answer a few questions to justify the overall demand. Understand that need is not based on the number of accidents but the perception of the requirement. You most likely […]

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Routine scuba exercise turns fatal for firefighter

June 20, 1997, Teresa Puente, Chicago Tribune: Routine scuba exercise turns fatal for firefighter A veteran firefighter died Friday following a routine scuba practice dive in Lake Michigan, fire officials said. [The diver], 46, a firefighter for 17 years and an experienced member of the Air-Sea Rescue Unit, was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital […]

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