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Permalink Reply by craig b. adams on July 23, 2009 at 11:32pm

Here's something to try, coordinate with your local sheriff's dive team. I place victims in the water, one visible then I have a submerged dummie for a drowned victim, our team works the rescue for the visible victim, then we do a couple of search patterns for the drowned victim, then the dive team comes in and does their search's. This does a couple of thing's, you work with an outside agency and build some ties there and it let's your guy's learn more about what they can do to better the scene for the dive teams arrival.And when you do this at a local water area it let's the public see the extent your department goes to train for community safety.

Permalink Reply by Russell Sing on July 24, 2009 at 10:32am

Thank you for the reply. We will give this a shot.

Thank you,

Russ

Permalink Reply by Dave Lucia on July 28, 2009 at 12:12pm

Here's another idea, better simulation on a lake - then a pool. We are always diving for the drowned victum. How about a multi jet ski crash. Getting divers and swimmers into the water to backboard and collar the patients and transport them back to shore by boat, ice rescue float or a floating backboard. We have also simulated a boat crash into a floating dive dock with people on the dock and a DUI driving the boat. It make a fun 2 hr. drill, get your mutual aid to come help. I can send some pictures or you can go to my dept.'s web page (www.staffordfire.org)
to see the action shots.

Permalink Reply by Russell Sing on July 29, 2009 at 8:50am

Sounds like fun. I will see about doing this.

Thank you,
Russ

Permalink Reply by Tim Heidrick on August 17, 2009 at 6:24pm

Some of the thing I have found to be most helpfull when I am conducting specialized training such as Swift Water or Rope Rescue, Is just fall back and brush up on some of the basics. Ropes & Knots, Throw Bag.. stuff that can be done from the shore, then get more advanced in your training.