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    Edge bcd/hog wing recall

    Do you always spell spring without the "n"? :) Leam
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    Snorkel?

    Well... Looking over the equipment requirements for the DR 1 class, I need to pick up a PFD and a snorkel. The PFD part should be taken care of thanks to Forum members input. However, I still need a snorkel. Tossed mine right after my C card; everyone else I was diving with were tech and no one...
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    First Dive with New Team

    Had my first dive with the new team yesterday. New to me, not a brand new team. I've really been stressing about this as I've not been in real water for almost two years. Thanks to the local dive shop I was able to snag some pool time to ensure all the hardware, including the "between the...
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    Straps, buckles

    Well, okay, I'm an idiot... Strapworks did their part perfectly, they sent me exactly what I ordered and rather quickly too. However, I asked for the 2 inch wide strap to redo a back plate and totally forgot to think about the thickness of the strapping! So now I have some nice strap and am...
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    Straps, buckles

    Thanks guys! On your comments I've placed an order. Leam
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    Straps, buckles

    Has anyone dealt with Strapworks.Com (http://www.strapworks.com/)? I want to re-strap my backplate and add a plastic buckle on the right shoulder strap. As is my strap always gets caught on my sleeve and I can't get in or out without help. That's not a great way to go when you're on the end of...
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    PFD for muddy river work?

    Right now our Heat Index is 103. This past winter I wuz shivering in my non-heated little Kia as I drove to work. So the question is light weight for heat or full for fullness sake? Our "season" seems to be from late-spring flooding to early autum boating, so the lighter vest seems the first...
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    PFD for muddy river work?

    Do those of you who have an option of where to buy shop local, or are there "best" places for this sort of thing? I like the extra pockets! Just re-read the chapter on Shore personell in Hendrick's book, so have some more stuff to add. We have rivers here that flood from upstate rain so I want...
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    URL for PSD definition?

    So I'm trying to explain PSD work to a dive friend and I think "Gosh, I bet there's a great web page for it, with pictures!" Wrong again...the only real reference seems to be Police Divers who, though good in their own right, aren't the sum total of Public Safety. Any of you...
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    PFD for muddy river work?

    Hmm...the Mustang MV5600 looks cool. Not sure if that's what I need or not. But it does look cool! Mustang Survival MV5600 High Impact SAR Vest with SOLAS Tape Things that make sense so far: Pockets, storablility in the trunk, reflective tape. Whistle, throw bag, carabiners (2) Our...
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    PFD for muddy river work?

    Okay, it looks like we'll be able to get a couple folks into a DR-I class next month. One of the equipment requirements is a PFD. Reasonable requirement but I got me thinking. I'd like to have a PFD in my trunk so that I can respond with it if necessary. What are the recommendations? What...
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    WalMart grants; amounts and turn around time?

    I'm scoping out the grants page at DRI and it looks like WalMart does grants. Cool! We have a WalMart in our county. Late August there's a DRI-1 class about 5 hours away. So I'm wondering if there's a chance our volunteer FD team could apply for a grant to attend training. Anyone have any...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    If OSHA had been around during Creation they'd have raised heck about God co-locating a waste facility with an entertainment complex. ;) Leam
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    Stimpy, volunteer FD. We do mostly search and recovery. Not set up for rescue and that's part of what I'm trying to understand with the regulations. I know they have different levels of capability but I've not gotten into them for a year or two. I've not researched what the State OSHA, etc...
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    NOAA or Navy dive manual, tables?

    Okay, I like reading books... After Walt's book, are there others that are "must reads" for PSD work? I'm thinking in particular of the NOAA and Navy dive manuals, unless there are others that are more appropriate for us. UWCSI is already on the radar, though I'm hoping to hit a DRI class...
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    There is no "I" in team

    Wow, a few years and no ideas? :) Reading some of the other threads got me thinking about this again. I'm finding my niche of diving devolves to PSD. Tech is nice, wrecks in the ocean are cool, but I get more hyped up about playing in the mud. Since we seem to move every few years, I'm back...
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    PSD Teams and OSHA, NFPA compliance

    My apologies for adding a question, but the steaming pile of glue that once was a horse leads me to seek clarification. Am I correct in believing, from reading here, that: 1. Acting as a local volunteer PSD team member, performing PSD work such as search and recovery, keeps me exempt from...
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    Thinking of joining local SAR

    Let me possibly talk you out of PSD; it depends on the team. My first team had a few good folks. In PSD, even more so than buddy rec diving, you really have to trust the team. If they are half-you.know.what then you're in a very high risk environment. While I love it, I've been decently lucky...
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    International PSD Conference / Sept 22-25, 2009

    Blades, thanks! We moved a few states away and I'm just getting started with the local team. Good leader, his 2nd is enthusiastic, and the members I've met seem to have a lot of experience. I've sent the conference link to the CPT and will see what he recommends I pay the most attention to...
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    International PSD Conference / Sept 22-25, 2009

    Any info on 2010? Any chance of classes then too? I'm about 8 hours away but used to live there. :) Leam
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