A Day in the Life - Dive Rescue

[@mekhianderson5159]

I’m loving these day in the life of the specialty teams keep them coming!

[@Efd601]

Congratulations to the mom and dad and yet again another outstanding job done by south metro dispatchers, fire dept and area police depts.!!❤

[@Screamblade_]

Wasn’t expecting a weekday upload. I hope everyone is doing well wherever or whatever is happening

[@DIRTDUMMY1]

Bonus points for that trailer work on the Rescue! Great work working to the boat launch.

[@MB12116]

As someone that worked at a boat shop in hs/college and now owns boats, another issue I often see is people burying there life jackets in compartments with junk over them. There should be dedicated lifevest compartments on every boat and nothing should obstruct access to those life jackets.

[@FaradayBananacage]

Commercial vessels are subject to a higher level of regulation, and already require what you've proposed. Life vest cabinets to be clear at all times, and a certain number of them. But you clearly already knew that.

[@MB12116]

@@FaradayBananacage yes. However, I label the life jacket compartment with a label maker on each of my boats (I am just a normal guy, not commercial) and have a decimated safety bag in each boat wihich is also in a labeled compartment.

[@FaradayBananacage]

@@MB12116 I see your point. You're doing it right, but that's not mandatory on small or private vessels but probably should be. Even a canoe is required to have registration, at least in Minnesota, and the DNR will figuratively pull you over and check that yours is valid, you have at least one life jacket per person, you're not overloaded, over your fishing limit, or drunk. I don't think I've ever head of anyone being cited for drunk canoeing though.

[@trob0914]

Excellent video for the uninitiated or new person perspective. I am a former F/fighter- Medic as well as dive rescue qualified, but all of my rescue/recovery dives were all in Alaska, thus all were cold water/ ice dives and I wore fleece undies and a pretty good DUI dry suit for just about every dive!

[@lrgreen97]

Hey I got a question, how old were you when you got on the dive team? I'm 27 and just took the entrance exam for the local FD and my goal is to get on a dive team. I'm saving up money to get my first scuba cert but I'm worried I'm starting this a little too late

[@trob0914]

@@lrgreen97 initially, my scuba and open water certifications were acquired at age 24 but I was about your age(26-27),when I started training on rescue dives!

[@f1rstdue]

Great Training SMFR! I just posted my video of your recent dive Rescue at Chatfield. It was great to see the behind the scenes Training of what I filmed. Big Thanks to PIO Willie for talking at the command post.

[@andy5786]

Guys girls do fantastic job in water finding people who in trouble thanks all be safe 👍🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@mooseriddle]

Excellent video! Training makes for zero mistakes when time counts!

[@ShariahThomas]

Thank you for your service appreciate it very appreciated it

[@owensweetland342]

Cool beans! A cool station alert would be " DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!".

[@longviewstud26]

That was awesome. Definitely my favorite video so far. 👍

[@seanhennessy3739]

Why doesn’t south metro work with state parks and build a small fire bait station at this lake to help reduce response times?

[@danesmith3615]

Really neat to see. Working with CPW on their boating safety team this summer. Hope to help mitigate some of these incidents but also look forward to working with you guys if the need arrises.

[@jaredalexander3402]

this is making me want to enlist! KEEP THESE VIDS COMING

[@stud88100]

Great video, very informative

[@RLoose9494]

Side scan sonar would help pin point the victim and speed recovery. I know this is for dramatic effect though. Nice equipment, 1000% better than we had at Summit County Water Rescue back in the 80s and 90s. Stay Safe!! lol my bad didn’t watch to the end you did utilize the side scan. We were just getting that back in the 99s it’s come along way.

[@mooseriddle]

Outstanding video!!!

[@marknelson2846]

Excellent video...I learned a lot today.

[@Bananaboy1124]

Hi love the videos stay safe out there brothers

[@jonahdrake2474]

I'd love an update on the various new units/unit numbering structure (i.e: MED2, SAF1, SAF2, etc)

[@AIDannnnnnnnnnnn]

SAF1 and SAF2 were originally Safety 18 and Safety 35. They were renamed to 1 and 2 to align with others like MED1, DC1, BC2, etc. Additionally, MED2 is the EMS District Supervisor and typically responds in place of MED1.

[@JamarCuthbertson]

Glad to see you guys posting videos agin

[@zachbartlett683]

Great video.

[@austinmorrow2714]

Great video! Any chance you could do a video with your wellness division?

[@JeffLanson]

Can you guys make a video about the search and rescue team y’all work with? Like a video about them or a day in the life would be really cool to see! I hear they do a lot!

[@parkerrussell7119]

Great video

[@pointman2]

I know this is probably stupid but how do dive teams work, wouldn't the person have drowned already? Or do I not understand fully and there is a few hours where they are saveable..

[@austinsimmons1316]

You should do a fleet Friday on the mobile command post fire vehicle

[@ninjabugy]

Love the drive truck 31-16 I just love it

[@connorcosgrove2240]

You mean dive 31, 32 is a tower ladder firetruck

[@ninjabugy]

@@connorcosgrove2240 thanks dude I just edit out on the comment

[@gary3690]

So what happened to all the vlogs, day in the life, and station Saturday videos? I thought hiring more pios meant you’d be making more videos.

[@MadisonCountySheriffOffice]

They are busy most of the times usually they dont have the time to make videos

[@ExcitedBurrito24]

Ahhh, a divie rescue video ❤

[@henryjt2377]

What if you guys did a “station Saturday” with fleet services building. I, and assuming many others would love to also see where your reserve fleet is stored. You could also do this with the training grounds.

[@nate18268]

Do the divers have 7/800 radios in the water? Or do they use wired intercom type systems?

[@katie.w131]

Good video

[@StrangerAbyss]

This is the department I want to work at when I become older

[@JenReed-v8f]

Same

[@MadisonCountySheriffOffice]

lets go they are back!

[@anabudisin832]

I know that this does not have to do anything with the dive team, but when I was listening to South Metro radio on PulsePoint I heard some one say you have reached your 20 minute mark do you want me to dispatch rehab and logistics can you tell me more about that?(it was the fire on Ida ave)

[@nicholasmakepeace8748]

Awesome fire truck

[@ConnerColemanMSHS]

That old girl would look 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 with a set of new LED lights

[@Leopity.]

Will you be talking about the Batt 5 MVA in your next vlog

[@StrangerAbyss]

I saw on instagram battalion car 5 got in to a car crash. Is he ok?

[@alexanderkroll7511]

What happened to station Saturdays and the medic series

[@johnlebzelter4208]

Wouldn’t they know that it is just a training exercise with no lights & sirens while responding? Someone said they have no idea that this is a training exercise.

[@mikel9567]

I think they were told it was training once they were enroute. Also, depends on how close the station was to the lake. Lights and sirens don't always mean you will get their quicker.

[@Ndub1036]

Kinda weird responding lights and siren to a body recovery

[@tg5298]

How would you like to respond. Stop for lunch first……

[@Ndub1036]

@@tg5298 well a corpse at the bottom of the lake isn’t going anywhere

[@DIRTDUMMY1]

If it's a cold-water drowning, there's cases for survival. You're not dead until you're warm and dead...

[@johnpalomo1688]

Resuscitation is possible if the person is retrieved in a timely manner.

[@Roaring-Run-Homestead]

I'm surprised the department allows that boat to be way underpowered. I would assume CG regulations will allow for a bigger outboard.

[@patrickhickey6731]

@southmetrofirerescue any updates on station 15?

[@LucasWVFireBuff]

Prayers for battalion 5😊

[@joasveenstra-db3dl]

In my country i apllied for this job 6 years ago i got all the checks only not hired due not have a stsble income and my son had to be born, now i live 1 minut to far away from the station. I have allmost all diver course thats why they want me. Ps in the netherlands the most houses is voulenteer firefighters thats why i live a 1 min to far. And now i got a job in a diffrent city so i cant apply anymore i never felt so empty when i was 3 years i wanted to become a firefighter now i m to old.

[@UnknownPerson-uj8dm]

Seemed like more of a recovery than a rescue even if it was just a training exercise

[@mjoy4382]

@jaredbasic5743not necessarily, especially if the water is cold enough, even up to 90 minutes a person can still be resuscitated.

[@JohnSeinset]

A DAY IN THE LIFE- DIVE RESCUE

[@camdynwarner]

Where pio blog

[@AaronClemons35]

I am actually a rescue 🛟 swimmer for the us coast guard reserve unit

[@TetyanaKhanas]

i want to be rescue whwn i grov up

[@E81_Photography]

Prayers to BC5.. 🙏🙏

[@lukerenneker9244]

Love these dive videos, keep them up!!

[@danieljames608]

Get them actually going on a dive call instead of a drill

[@philnaegely]

how is it legal for them to not be riding in a seat with a seatbelt?

[@properanimals1665]

bc if a car hits them it wont do as much damage and they have to get ready really quick

[@hihfty]

There are many DOT exemption for fire departments including CDL exemptions and seat belt exemptions that are based on SOP and not DOT . All though you should always wear a seat belt when you can but in many cases with special services call time is money.

[@tmthsth41]

No lights and Q.😊

[@vegarddybvad7152]

Why are the divers standing in the truck? Wtf

[@shawndinterman2219]

I respect these people, but lets face it, AWP would have found this "victim" in a 1/4 of the time. 1st do side scan, then confirm with 360, then do a grid sweep seems very time consuming imo. But im also a idiot so....

[@JPINFV]

It doesn't really matter. If you're waiting for the fire department to rescue a drowning victim, it's too late. There's no way to get an ETA short enough to matter.

[@ShariahThomas]

People keep being mean to me and what should I do

[@ShariahThomas]

People keep being mean to me and what should I do 😢😮😮😢🎉🎉❤

[@SergeantCornerTy]

Nice