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GASP Training
I am currently an applicant with the Guilford Association of SCUBA Personnel , GASP. It’s a volunteer special operations unit, rescue and recover, for Guilford County Fire Dept. We had training last night in High Point, NC at the Oak Hollow Lake sailboat ramp. It was a joint training operation with HPFD. Training was as follows: 1. Established underwater communications unit and assigned roles. 2. Suited 3 GASP divers and did 2 conical search patterns. Water was in the 60’s and all divers had dry...
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American Quarry
The Piedmont Dive and Rescue Association (PDRA) held a treasure hunt and founders’ day celebration at American Quarry on Sunday 16 September 2008. Visibility was good down to 20 feet and the thermo cline was ~30 ft. There is a training platform in ~20 ft of water. Lines run from the platform to all the sunken objects, boats and a couple of oar cars. It starts to getting dark at ~25ft. At 41ft it was pitch black and the water temperature was 56 degrees F. My buddy and I didn’t have any lights so ...
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