*** International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists ***

Fri Oct  6 02:25:27 1995
Message : #32862634    From: Joe Bly
Address : javaweasel@megaweb.com
Group   : Usenet.misc.emerg-services
Subject : Re: Rescue Diver, Portland
Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 12:16:19
Org.  : Megaweb

In article <42u560$4ec@ornews.intel.com> Marquis Pounds wrote:
>Date:  10 Sep 1995 07:47:12 GMT
>From:  poundsmg@ornews.intel.com (Marquis Pounds)
>Newsgroups:    misc.emerg-services
>Subject:       Rescue Diver, Portland
>
>Does anybody know of any volunteer rescue diver programs in the
>Portland, Oregon area, preferably the Washington County area?


No, but you can try the International Association of Dive Rescue
Specialists, 2619 Canton Court, Fort Collins, CO, 80525,  (970) 224-9101.
These people should know.(I'm assuming that you're already a PSD or such)

I was a member of a privately-funded volunteer team in the Denver area
before it was unceremoniously disbanded by our parent company due to the
fact that we made no money, and all our equipment given away to a FD team.
We had great response times (for a dive team), most of our members were
trained to Dive Rescue Specialist-I and Dive Tech, with one member an
Underwater Investigator, and in our heyday we were doing 1-2 calls a month.
We were even the official dive team for Pope JPII's World Youth Day (big
reservoir) Unfortunately, the bean counters won out, as is all too common
these days. Oops, sorry about the drawn-out eulogy...if you join a volunteer
team, make sure the training is top notch (the IADRS can turn you on to that
as well), and see if the team gets any respect from the public/municipal
agencies in the area. Good luck!

--JB  "When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep,
         just like my grandfather...not like the screaming
         passengers in his car,"

(Joe Bly)
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