We just finished up with swing shift briefing and I told the Sgt. I needed to do some Dive Team stuff prior to heading out to my district. I get over to Marine and as Im getting out of the car he calls me on the radio. I have my hands full of new goodies I just picked up from the dive shop so I have to wait a couple of minutes.
Once inside I put the stuff down on the table and call him back. Call dispatch and head out on the detail ASAP. Ok, I call and hear, We have a dead body about 20 yards off the docks at Third Street next to Tubbs Hill.
Hummmmm, we are at 50/50 for calls there so Im wondering what this is going to be. Sometimes its a body and sometimes it isnt. But I get about half way there and dispatch calls with, Its confirmed and they advised you can cancel. ***? Now we know its a body in the water but they are calling us off? I advised dispatch that I was close and that Id continue.
I get there and bigger than whatever we have a floater. The IC Fireman says they can reach him with a Pike Pole so we can go ahead and cancel. I politely asked him if he ever considered this to be a homicide? He looked at me with a very surprised stare and said, No we hadnt, tell me what you need us to do.
So after a few laughs, out of the publics eye, I call the Sgt. and have him call out two of the team members.
While we were waiting for everyone to get on scene I got suited up and my gear down by the icy shoreline. Then we set up some of the Firemen as surface tenders, which they were tickled to do. Little did they know I was pairing them up with two of our FNGs. A lot of firsts for both of them. First under the ice (Frazzle) that you could poke your fingers through, first night dive and first body. Hey, they have to learn sometime. Other than crossing their lines they did very well. But one of them had not got his gear ready to go after our last dives and my subtle butt chewing got the point across.
Prior to touching the body they did a perimeter search looking for any evidence. Finding none the three of us loaded him into a Stokes, which the Firemen removed from the waters edge and packed back up the icy hill.
The Chief got a chuckle out of it when I said we have totally different mentalities when it comes to these things. They are thinking victim and medical issues and we are thinking who killed him.
The sad thing about this operation is almost all of us have known him for a lot of years. A super nice guy that always had a smile on his face and never let you walk by without saying Hi.
Ill post more as the investigation allows.
Water 6-10 deep, 35df and good vis.
Gary D.
Once inside I put the stuff down on the table and call him back. Call dispatch and head out on the detail ASAP. Ok, I call and hear, We have a dead body about 20 yards off the docks at Third Street next to Tubbs Hill.
Hummmmm, we are at 50/50 for calls there so Im wondering what this is going to be. Sometimes its a body and sometimes it isnt. But I get about half way there and dispatch calls with, Its confirmed and they advised you can cancel. ***? Now we know its a body in the water but they are calling us off? I advised dispatch that I was close and that Id continue.
I get there and bigger than whatever we have a floater. The IC Fireman says they can reach him with a Pike Pole so we can go ahead and cancel. I politely asked him if he ever considered this to be a homicide? He looked at me with a very surprised stare and said, No we hadnt, tell me what you need us to do.
So after a few laughs, out of the publics eye, I call the Sgt. and have him call out two of the team members.
While we were waiting for everyone to get on scene I got suited up and my gear down by the icy shoreline. Then we set up some of the Firemen as surface tenders, which they were tickled to do. Little did they know I was pairing them up with two of our FNGs. A lot of firsts for both of them. First under the ice (Frazzle) that you could poke your fingers through, first night dive and first body. Hey, they have to learn sometime. Other than crossing their lines they did very well. But one of them had not got his gear ready to go after our last dives and my subtle butt chewing got the point across.
Prior to touching the body they did a perimeter search looking for any evidence. Finding none the three of us loaded him into a Stokes, which the Firemen removed from the waters edge and packed back up the icy hill.
The Chief got a chuckle out of it when I said we have totally different mentalities when it comes to these things. They are thinking victim and medical issues and we are thinking who killed him.
The sad thing about this operation is almost all of us have known him for a lot of years. A super nice guy that always had a smile on his face and never let you walk by without saying Hi.
Ill post more as the investigation allows.
Water 6-10 deep, 35df and good vis.
Gary D.
