Fire Department Diving Operations

What diving equipment does your FD utilize?
What is your primary response area?
What is your training regiment?
What is your minimum required dive staffing?
What is your typical dive staffing?

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Morelock on October 29, 2008 at 9:35pm

DSI-EXO, Viking HD Pro D/S, hard pack (no B/C) w/ either single 80 steel or twin 60's steel or surface supply w/ 10 cu bail out bottle, hard wire OTS comms

River and surface drainage canals (blackwater), shipping channel, depths ranging from a few feet to 40'

Every Saturday and Sunday (duty day) year round; pool time during non-open water months

1 dive master, 1 primary diver, 1 back up diver

1-2 dive masters, 6-8 divers, additional fire company and EMS for support

Permalink Reply by Morten Garfield on January 29, 2010 at 6:10pm

1. Interspiro MK2 with AGA full mask, 2x 4l 300bar bottles,Viking HD Pro
2. All water rescue
3. Once a week, on duty.
4. 1 Divemaster- 2 Divers- 1 com. man(Everyone in the team can dive if needed)
5. 1 chief, 1 divemaster, 2 divers, 1 com. man, 1 driver + the station in that area and EMS/paramedic

Permalink Reply by Jeff Tennill on October 4, 2011 at 10:57am