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  1. BladesRobinson

    Info Live save / rescue after forty minutes underwater

    Calumet Dive Rescue posted the following today regarding the rescue of a submerged victim after forty minutes underwater. On this day, fifteen years ago... At around 11:30am on February 14th, 2009, Dan Kleinhans, his daughter Savannah, and her friend Tiffany were traveling on Lake Winnebago...
  2. BladesRobinson

    For Public Safety Divers - Electrical Shock Drowning

    Last year at the International Public Safety Diver Conference in Laughlin, NV we discussed Electrical Shock Drowning and the need for public safety divers and underwater investigators to be aware of the phenomena. An excellent article has been published and is available online at: Electric Shock...
  3. BladesRobinson

    Aqua Lung is conducting a voluntary recall of SureLock II weight pocket handles

    Aqua Lung is conducting a voluntary recall of SureLock II weight pocket handles as found on most Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators since 2009. Please visit the link ... Recall Notice which will take you to their website where you may read the recall announcement, learn if your buoyancy...
  4. BladesRobinson

    International Public Safety Diver Conference, October 15-18, 2012

    The 2012 International Public Safety Diver Conference will take place October 15-18, 2012 and the registration fees INCLUDE the hotel room! The four day conference fee is $600 (hotel room included) and if you bring your dive buddy and share the room, they pay only $500. In addition to the...
  5. BladesRobinson

    PSDs in Florida save driver in submerged truck

    KUDOS TO THE TEAM!!! Dive team saves truck driver after canal crash - ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida Dive team uses underwater system to save truck driver - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida A man who landed his semi-truck in...
  6. BladesRobinson

    Line Of Duty Death - Michael Burgan, Sugar Creek Volunteer Fire Department, OH

    FROM: FirefighterCloseCalls.com Captain Mike Burgin of the Sugar Creek Volunteer Fire Department was killed in the Line of Duty on Friday. Captain Burgin was a member of the Tuscarawas County Dive Team and performed dive rescue operations for the Sugar Creek VFD as well. Captain Burgin was in...
  7. BladesRobinson

    Awesome U/W Rescue by Public Safety Divers

    KUDOS TO THIS DIVE TEAM!!! THEY WILL LIKELY BE HONORED AT THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DIVER CONVERENCE IN OCTOBER FOR THE MOST DRAMATIC RESCUE OF THE YEAR, UNLESS SOMEONE KNOWS OF A PSD RESCUE THAT IS MORE DRAMATIC THAN THIS ONE. (Let me know if there is another worthy team!) STAMFORD...
  8. BladesRobinson

    International Public Safety Diver Conference, October 15-18, 2012

    The 2012 International Public Safety Diver Conference will take place October 15-18, 2012 and the registration fees INCLUDE the hotel room! The four day conference fee is $600 and if you bring your dive buddy and share a room, they pay $500. In addition to the four day conference, access to...
  9. BladesRobinson

    The Science of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - SPECIAL PSD PRICING

    An informative conference is taking place August 2-5, 2012 and is sponsored bt DAN, Best Publishing, WMS and others. Details can be found at: https://www.wdhmed.org/public-safety-divers-and-dive-teams.html This "think tank" of professionals will discuss the latest information in recognition...
  10. BladesRobinson

    Urgent safety notice ...

    THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVE RESCUE SPECIALISTS RECOMMENDS THAT ALL DIVE TEAMS USING WEIGHT SYSTEMS THAT ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE BUOYANCY COMPENSATORS IMMEDIATELY CHECK THEIR SCUBA UNITS TO MAKE 100% CERTAIN THAT THE WEIGHT SYSTEMS RELEASE AS DESIGNED... Details of the December 20...
  11. BladesRobinson

    "Miracle" Ice Rescue Survivor Wants to Become Rescue Diver

    FROM: "Miracle" Ice Rescue Survivor Wants to Become Rescue Diver - WBAY-TV Green Bay-Fox Cities-Northeast Wisconsin News This is just another example where public safety dive operations in the "rescue mode" have a positive outcome! Kudos to Connie Loewe, the Stockbridge Volunteer Fire...
  12. BladesRobinson

    LODD / Chesapeake police officer dies during dive-team training

    Chesapeake police officer dies during dive-team training | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com Chesapeake police officer dies during dive-team training By Sarah Hutchins The Virginian-Pilot December 20, 2011 A member of the police department dive team died during a training...
  13. BladesRobinson

    Why sharks circle...

    Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship. "Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people. "First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did. "Well done, son! Now we...
  14. BladesRobinson

    NEAR DROWNING: 40 minutes without heartbeat, followed by full recovery

    This does not reference a "public safety dive" but speaks to why "we" do what "we" do... People can be revived after prolonged submersion times, as evidenced by this article. To those in the PSD community, keep doing what you do well! Merry Christmas! -Blades- Two-year-old 'dies' when his...
  15. BladesRobinson

    John Carney, newest recipient of the Robert G Teather Award

    FROM: Tallmadgeexpress.com - Fire/medic earns prestigious dive rescue award Fire/medic earns prestigious dive rescue award November 20, 2011 by Jeremy Nobile | Reporter Tallmadge, OH -- Locally, residents may know Lt. John Carney as a part-time fire/medic with the Tallmadge Fire...
  16. BladesRobinson

    Six divers trapped on sea bottom after ship sinks off Iranian coast

    Six divers trapped on sea bottom after ship sinks off Iranian coast by: From correspondents on Lavan Island From: NewsCore October 22, 20119:07AM SIX divers were trapped 70 metres (77 yards) below the surface of the sea overnight after a ship carrying 72 people sank in bad weather off the...
  17. BladesRobinson

    Fire Department being sued for failure to rescue victim in the water

    This will be an interesting case and some may find a benefit in showing the following article to the bean counters as funds are being slashed from the team. This is a "pay now" or "pay later" proposition and it costs a whole lot to pay later, as I believe the City of Alameda is likely to find...
  18. BladesRobinson

    Miami Beach charter leaves divers in open waters off Key Biscayne

    The following is copied from: Miami Beach charter leaves divers in open waters off Key Biscayne - 10/03/2011 | MiamiHerald.com Miami Beach charter leaves divers in open waters off Key Biscayne DANIEL SHOER ROTH Alexia Fodere / For El Nuevo Herald Paul Kline, one of the divers who was...
  19. BladesRobinson

    FOR PSD's - A rare glimpse into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    For a long while I have been corresponding with Earle Swope, a public safety diver who came as close to experiecing death underwater as anyone I have ever known. I share with the PSDs on the ScubaBoard my recent post to SAR Diver Forum... Some of our long time Yahoo! Group SAR Diver Forum...
  20. BladesRobinson

    2011 International Public Safety Diver Conference - Sept 19-23 - Fort Lauderdale, FL

    The schedule for the 2011 International Public Safety Diver Conference can be viewed at: http://iadrs.org/media/2011 Conference Brochure.pdf This will be a world class event hosted at a site minutes from one of the busiest and least expensive international airports in North America, steps from...
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