In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> PeterLucas wrote:
> >
> > "Pete C." > wrote in
> > :
> >
> > S'funny, I would have thought that Emergency Services training was quite
> > good over there. It is here.
> > And, given your scenario, if someone has just completed a Police Rescue
> > dive course, how long should they stand in the background before you
> > deem them "experienced" enough to cope with this sort of job?
>
> If that is the actual course just completed, he wouldn't be "just
> certified" as there are prerequisites for such courses. Of course our
> jam lady may not have used the correct terminology.

Don't know if I used correct terminology or not. He "passed the
certification requirements test" (my words, not his) the day before.
Does that help?

> > >Particularly now when it's a
> > > recovery operation which lacks the urgency of a rescue that might
> > > justify pushing the limits of ones training.
> > >

> >
> > You been tapdancing for long?
>
> Recovery operations only serve to appease the relatives of the victims.
> They do not by the wildest stretch of the imagination warrant risking
> the lives of inexperienced personnel.
>
> Do you dive? Are you qualified for an overhead environment with strong
> currents, near zero visibility and jagged debris to get snagged on? Do
> you have the slightest idea what that recovery operation is like? It
> sure as hell isn't remotely like a dive on one of your nice reefs.
>
> Pete C.

Sheriff (in charge of the divers) covered the safety measures in place
for the divers in a news conference today. They're not doing it
casually.
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