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    Surely somebody out there has some ideas

    Our Yahoo Groups became inaccessible and we had to abandon them. We have a presence on Facebook that exceeds what we were able to accomplish with the Yahoo Groups. News and Info you can use - Follow us on our PSDiver Monthly Facebook Page...
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    trying to form a new team

    The correct website is www.PSDiver.com
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    You can tell I do not get here very often... Sorry for the delay in responding Tom. Yes - OSHA put together a team to work with me and the article went through a very detailed vetting process before it was ever released. They developed the graphs and charts specifically for the article. I...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    There is a great deal of incorrect, partially correct and wrong information concerning the relationship between OSHA and Public Safety Diving. We spent 9 months researching, writing and working with OSHA to get the definitive answers to the question. For instance, OSHA considers Public Safety...
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    Vehicle Recovery Policy

    The natural habitat for cars is not underwater. If one is underwater it is either their because it was stolen and dumped, insurance fraud or the reare accident. PSDivers recover evidence, we do not normally conduct salvage operations. However - the test for the OSHA exclusion is this: If you...
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    Looking for Surplus PS Dive Equipment

    I know the Texas State Guard Dive Team has some newly serviced AGAs for sale and thought they were very reasonable. They are replacing some of their FFMs. Contact Tom Kelly for details. tkelly5@hotmail.com mark
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    PSDA para Latinoamérica

    Carlos, si usted todavía está involucrado en el buceo de seguridad pública y quiere contactar con otros buceadores similares que puedo ayudar. nuestros puestos de grupo en Inglés. español será un reto. Mark Phillips PSDiver.com
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    Which agency to choose??

    When looking for a training agency for public safety diving, do your homework. You are looking for an agency who offers continued support to divers and their instructors as well as content. Not all agencies teach the same materials and none of them knows everything. There is always something to...
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    Tethering Policy?

    I was looking for something else and stumbled across this thread. I do not get to ScubaBoard as often as I should. i will be as brief as I can and address the issues being discussed. The OSHA exemption does NOT include the word recovery..... According to the man who wrote the exemption, this is...
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    Metrodome collapse 2010 blizzard dive

    Wow - We think it is cold if we can see our breath in the morning here in South East Texas. I don't even like frozen margaritas and can't imagine that I would dive in those conditions - but then again, if it got that cold here, you guys would be frozen solid. I appreciate your commitment...
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    Scuba Magazines

    For those of you interested in Public Safety Diving or Underwater Crime Scene Investigation, you can get a free subscription to an internet based magazine called PSDiver Monthly. The subscription form is easy and is at PSDiver.com. Mark Phillips
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    Testifying in Court

    As a fire department diver, I do not routinely get caled to court. In 30 years, I have ben called to tetify once. I teach - and my dive teams train to hand off ANY evience at the waters edge. If I recover an object in zero vis, place it in a container underwater and hand it off to a waiting...
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    PSD Training

    Love the idea of a "working vacation"... Probably more work than vacation - but it almost one and the same for me. Have Norm give me a call. You guys have my number. Mark Phillips Editor / Publisher PSDiver Monthly PSDiver.com
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    PSD Training

    I really hope you guys got more out of it than you had to tread water for a long time! MY goal is to give students the opportunity for self evaluation by pushing a bit in an controlled environment. From comments received - we opened a few eyes just in that section. Treading water is a...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    The language is clear. Many people can read the information and and interpret the PSD exemption properly OK - I give up. I cannot argue against your argument anymore. But if ALL of these people still have to interpret the PSD exemption properly, exactly WHOSE interpretation am I supposed to go...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    With all due respect, I believe that Butler misspoke when he spoke to Mark and others years back. Furthermore, it is likely that because of the confusion he generated that the OSHA Directive Number CPL 02-00-143 dated August 11, 2006 was issued. I caused the confusion and influenced OSHA? I...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    Sure they are - I never said they were not. But at the same time, I find it difficult to use or recognize NFPA 1670 and 1006 as THE definitive standard for Public Safety Diving. In my opinion, NFPA only offers a piece of what we need, and is not going to be or be capable of becoming, the...
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    URL for PSD definition?

    To define a PSD you need to break down what a PSD does. This is actually a question and discussion topic in some of the classes I teach. (One thing you will find interesting is the history of the term itself.) The challenge is simple - As a diver, what do you to that provides for the safety of...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    I have been absent from this group for far too long.... I have read this thread from beginning to here with great interest. The issues that have been addressed are issues that have been discussed for at least the last thirty years. And the issues, while gracefully argued and explained here are...
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    Crotch Strap in PSDs

    Since the stock market crash erase my retirement account, I can only offer once cents worth ... I do not pretend to know all there is about diving and am always open to new ideas. I am a bit reluctant to buy advanced "techie" stuff but that is more resistance to change than anything. I do...
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