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Episode 004 Public Safety Dive Pre-Planning Where to find me www.engine1podcast.com www.facebook.com/engine1podcast @engine1podcast Email: captain@engine1podcast.com So this week I invite you to take a look at your public safety dive team, regardless of what kind it is. Police, Fire, EMS, Paid , Volunteer. Our goal should  always be to get our people home safe. SEGMENT 1 This segment shows the problems associated with going in cold with no plan. Results are fictitious however not impossible.  Segment 2 this segment shows how having a plan and already knowing a dive site can change things dramatically. Having medics available not only for the victim but for the divers, especially specially trained dive medics, can be a huge asset. Having a dive boat on site for an emergency extraction and near to the dive site is best case scenario. Having a trained dive medic on site to treat potential dive related emergencies and know when and when to evac to a chamber can save a divers life. Having these relations

LODD Before I start this episode I want to acknowledge the LODD for 28 year old Sherrill's Ford Fire Captain Bradley Long. Captain Long died on June 6, 2016 while trying to save a drowning victim. He and two other firefighters has an in water emergency with the other two divers being able to get to the surface. Captain Long died from his emergency, while the other two were admitted to the hospital but expected to recover. My thoughts and prayers go ouot to Captain Long, his family and his brother and sister firefighters. As a dive medic I know how dangerous these missions on and we need to work and train everyday to make sure these problems are sorted out so they don't happen again. There are lots of rumors out there as to the cause, but rather than extend those rumors I prefer to remember Captain Long now and we can revisit the events once the investigation is over. Thank you.   Basic Foam Operations for Class B Incidents Is your department ready for a tanker on fire? Most departments lack the proper am

Protecting yourself in modern day firefighting. Have you or someone in the Fire and EMS field been fighting Cancer? What are you doing to prevent it? We are all getting too complacent when it comes to protecting ourselves. Come on in and let's briefly talk about this issue.   email: captain@engine1podcast.com twitter: @engine1podcast Facebook: facebook.com/engine1podcast

This is the Bloodborne Pathogens update for my department for 2016. For those outside my department you are more than welcome to listen to update your knowledge as well. This is not a certified update for anyone outside my department because you must take training that is specific to your agency. For anyone looking for some of the most up to date information I highly recommend Katherine West from Infection Control - Emerging Concepts Inc. www.ic-ec.com.

The introduction episode to the Engine 1 Podcast. Hosted by Captain David I King Jr. this podcast will cover everything from Fire and EMS and include such topics as Dive Medicine, Foam and Flammable Liquids Firefighting. Stay here to listen and share ideas in today's modern firefighting world.  email: captain@engine1podcast.com twitter: @engine1podcast Facebook: facebook.com/engine1podcast