Diving in Extreme Weather

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It is interesting to see how various teams around the globe prepare and train for seasonal weather changes.
 
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Why We Love FFM (and Why You Should Too)

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The full face mask is a unique tool for any public safety diver. It allows a diver to communicate, gain improved visibility, and protect soft tissues.
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The Training You Cannot Skip if You Want to Bring Your Team Home Safely

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The public safety dive training you cannot skip if you want to bring your dive team home safely.
 
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Make Sure Your Team Comes Home Safely From Every Mission

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Safety must always come first in diving. Public safety diving is no different in this aspect from any other type of diving. Teams must train for the worst and hope for the best.
 
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Public Safety Diving Lessons Learned from Recovery Operation

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With the successful completion of a mission and/or training it is important for dive teams to assess the lessons learned during these events.
 
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3 Things to Keep Your Public Safety Dive Team Safe

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Three of the most important factors that can keep a public safety diver safe are: knowing the environment and bottom, understanding risk versus benefit, and having the proper equipment.
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Don’t Forget Your Life Vests and PFDs

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PFDs are not a thing of the past, and can help no one when tucked into truck storage compartments, strapped to a boat, or left in an inaccessible location.
 
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Technology Your Public Safety Dive Team Needs

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Teams today have capabilities and support structures that far exceed dive teams of the past. Technology can eliminate some of the busy work, frustration, and extensive hands-on searching that divers were once required to perform.
 
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From Training to Operations

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ERDI and Buck Buchannan of Dive911 provide a local dive team with the necessary training to search and recover a submerged vehicle in less than 15 minutes.
 
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How to Convince Your Supervisor You Need ERDI Training

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All leaders overseeing public safety organizations recognize and understand the topic of liability, and ERDI training can help any team improve and protect itself.
 
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Surface Supplied Air in Public Safety Diving?

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What makes surface supplied air diving so much better for public safety divers over scuba, you ask?
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3 Public Safety Dive Skills to Practice on Every Dive

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The phrase “practice makes perfect” is something that most people have heard at some point in their lives. This phrase rings true within the public safety diving community. If we do not refresh our memories and work through basic skills with regularity, those skills can become difficult or even forgotten.
 
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