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We have two cascades here at my FD. One is a newer model that has the tall blast cabinet to fill SCUBA bottles and is rated "E". The other is our older one and you have to use a fill whip for SCUBA bottles, and I personally REFUSE to use that one. Remember, 80% of bottle failures are at the...

I run our teams training and every January we run a "confidence course" in the pool. We black out our masks, gear up, and follow a line. I use cheap tarps, snow fencing, a 55-gallon plastic drum with the ends cut out, a cut box, and a lift bag station. I've also thrown in a "Men of Honor"...

There was an incident similar to this last summer at one of the dams near us. A diver was down doing work on a coffer dam (temporary dam) around an intake so that the area could be drained and repairs made to the intake. Sounds good right? Unfortunately the intake was not shut down as this...

I actually just talked with our H/M Team Leader about something like this a couple days ago. He suggested Simple Green in water in a pump sprayer as it is bio-degradable. There are some other anti-bacterial cleaners out there as well (like are used in Drs. offices). Spray the diver with the...

We do a couple pool sessions per year. December is our swimmer fitness test as per IADRS. Along with that I throw in an underwater swim (the length of the pool), knots for rope and webbing, as well as 4 throwbag throws (2 bag, 2 coil). January is our "confidence course". I run a line down...