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PSDiver Monthly Issue 91 -PSD FATALITY - Virginia Police Officer Timothy Schock
PSD FATALITY

Senior Police Officer
Timothy Brian Schock
Chesapeake Police
Department, Virginia

 
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Letters to the Editor
Drysuit Comments
 
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Arthritis and Sport Diving

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 90 - Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning, Diving in Contaminated Waters, Diabetes and Diving - and MORE
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
By Mario Vittone
 
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Diving in Contaminated Water
By Divers Alert Network
 
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 Diabetes and Diving

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 89 - New WATER RESPONSE TRAINING COUNCIL Formed! , LFD Dive Team, VideoRay International Partnership Symposium 2011 , Saltwater Aspiration Syndrome, and MORE
New WATER RESPONSE TRAINING COUNCIL has been formed!
 
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VideoRay International Partnership Symposium 2011
Perspectives from a first time participant
 
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Sittin’ on Ready – Rockin’ on Go
Lexington Fire Department Dive Team
 
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  Saltwater Aspiration Syndrome

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 89
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 88- OSHA ... Are We Really Exempt? - What's Imporant Now? - Herniated Disc Disease And Diving

OSHA Standards  

& PSD Teams: Are We Really Exempt?

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WIN - What's Important Now?
A concept to deal with problems, issues and emergency operations
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Herniated Disc Disease

And Diving

 

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FROM THE WEB:

Deep-Sea Fish In Deep Trouble


When Your Life Insurance Policy Won't Pay


Natalie Wood Autopsy Shocker

 
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 88
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SDiver Monthly Issue 88 - OSHA... Are We Really Exempt? - What's Important Now? - Herniated Disc Disease And Diving
PSDiver Monthly Issue 87- ANOTHER FATALITY * A SPECIAL Dive Operation - Kidney Problems and Diving
ANOTHER WATER RESCUER FATALITY!
 
Shreveport Fire - An Extraordinary Dive Operation!
 
Kidney Problems and Diving
And More!
 
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 87 - Shreveport Fire Department - Another Water Rescuer Fatality - Shreveport Fire Department, An Extraordinary Dive Operation
PSDiver Monthly Issue 86 - MORE RESCUER FATALITIES * Public Safety Diving Training Couincil Coming?
MORE WATER RESCUER FATALITIES!
 
National PSD Training Council
Coming Soon???
 
Diving in Polluted Waters
And More!
 
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 86 - MORE RESCUER FATALITIES - A PSD Training Council Coming?
The number of issues stored here is going to be reduced soon!

PSDiver Monthly Issue 85 - Public Safety Divers Standards, A Beginning - Dive Medicine for PSDivers

PSD Standards : A Beginning

Mark Phillips


SO Adds Technology Assets


Medical Conditions, Medications and Diving

Divers Alert Network


RECALLS / MISSION REPORT and MORE!



PSDiver Monthly Issue 85 - PSD Stnadards, A Beginning
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 85 - Public Safety Diver Standards - A Beginning
PSDiver Monthly Issue 84 - PSD Fatality, Fitness for Diving, Technology and Crime Scene Investigation
In This Issue:

PSD Fatality

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Fitness for Diving
Public Safety Divers
By Divers Alert Network

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 83 - Hybrid Vehicle/Water Rescue Awareness + Challenges of Laminated Glass
In This Issue:

New Vehicle Technology
Awareness for
Public Safety Divers
By Paul Bindon & Matt Stroud - MGS Tech

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Technical Bulletin: 
Laminated Safety Glass
 By Dan Felack Sr. * Dive Coordinator
Lower Kiski Amb. Service – Marine Division
Public Safety Dive Team

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 82 - EPA Diving in Polluted Water Part 3 + Side Scan Sonar in PSDiving
In this issue:

Public Safety Diver – EPA Polluted Water Diving
 (Part 3 of 3)

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Side Scan Sonar in Public Safety Diving
by, John C. De Mille


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PSDiver Monthly Issue 82 - EPA Diving in Polluted Water Part 3 / Side Scan Sonar in PSDiving by John C. De Mille - NEWS, CE, INFORMATION, Dive Medicine and MORE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 81 - EPA Diving in Polluted Water Part 2 + Decompression Injuries
In this issue:

Public Safety Diver – EPA Polluted Water Diving
 (Part 2 of 3)

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Decompression Injuries
Dive Alert Network

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 80 - EPA Diving in Polluted Water & Hazus-MH

In this issue:

Public Safety Diver – EPA Polluted Water Diving
 (Part 1 of 3)

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Hazus-MH;
Disaster Preparedness for the 21st Century

  By Clark Magnet High School

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 80 - EPA Polluteed Water Diving Part 1 of 3 * Hazus-MH Disaster Preparedness for the 21st Century By Clark Magnet High School
PSDiver Monthly Issue 79

Chicago Mass Dive

Story of what is believed to be the largest controlled underwater search ever conducted by Scuba Divers!

By Vern Pederson

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Prevention of Decompression Accidents

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EXPANDED CE Section in this issue!

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 79 - Chicago Mass Dive
PSDiver Monthly Issue 78

IN THIS ISSUE:


Weighting for Drysuits

By Jessica Harned

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Diving and Medications,
Drugs and Substance Abuse

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 78 - Weighting for Drusuits - Diving and Medications, CE and MORE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 77

IN THIS ISSUE:


PSD FATALITY


When Is It Time To Give Up The Gear?

By Chris Gabel


Diver Fitness


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PSDiver Monthly Issue 77 - PSD Fatality - PRINTABLE FILE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 76

IN THIS ISSUE:


Training Ideas

By Mark Phillips


Hurricane or Flood Response -

ARE YOU PREPARED?

By Mark Phillips


Candid Letter to the Editor



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PSDiver Monthly Issue 76 - Hurricane or Flood Response, Are You Prepared? - Training Ideas, CE, Diving Medicine and MORE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 75

IN THIS ISSUE:


Canadian Underwater Survey
 Company Helps Bring Closure
 To Families

By Mike Roberts


Language Barriers



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PSDiver Monthly Issue 75 - Canadian Survey Company Brings Closure to Families
PSDiver Monthly Issue 74

In This Issue:

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What Will You Say?
Crime Scene Documentation

by Mark Phillips

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Letters to the Editor - BP Spill Response

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 73

In This Issue:

News We Distrust
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Cleaning of Full Face Masks

by John P. Hott

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 72
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In This Issue:

Homeland Security on the Waterfront

Crisis in the Gulf
Hyperbaric Facility List

 

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 71

IN THIS ISSUE:


Firefighter Fatality During Water Rescue Operation


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Water Rescue and Bunker Gear
by Mark Phillips 


 

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 71 - Firefighter Fatality / Water Rescue and Bunker Gear
PSDiver Monthly Issue 70

IN THIS ISSUE:


Intermediate Lift Bag Operations
by Mark Phillips 

with Bob Kinder and Chuck Elgin
 

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 70 - Intermediate Lift Bag Operations
PSDiver Monthly Issue 69
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IN THIS ISSUE:


Ma
rine Technologies for

Underwater Investigations
by Vincent J. Capone

 

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Lift Bag Basics
by Mark Phillips
 

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 69 - Basic lift Bag Operations - CE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 68
EPA Diving Overview
&
Divers, How Clean is Your Air?

by Sean Sheldrake,
Unit Diving Officer, EPA Region 10 Dive Unit


'Hardened Hearts'
by Dan Misiaszek
 
News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 

EVENTS- CE- & MORE



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PSDiver Monthly Issue 68
PSDiver Monthly Issue 67
Scuba Cylinders, Tanks for Everything

DEMA 2009 Report


News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE


PSDiver Monthly Issue 67 - Scuba Cylinders, Tanks for Everything - DEMA 2009 Report - UWCSI News, Events CE and MORE
PSDiver Monthly Issue 67
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 67 - Scuba Cylinders, Tanks for Everything - DEMA 2009 Report
PSDiver Monthly Issue 66
 
Suicide by Drowning
First Responder - Rescue or Recovery

by Mark Phillips

 Scuba Recall / Safety Alert

 

News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE


PSDiver Monthly Issue 66 - Suicide by Drowning
PSDiver Monthly Issue 66 - Suicide by Drowning
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 66 - Suicide by Drowning by Mark Phillips- Scuba Recalls / Safety Notice - PSD News - Events, Continuing Education and MOFRE!
PSDiver Monthly Issue 65

Drysuit Maintenance
by Cris Gabel

2009 Scuba Recalls 
Safety Notices

 

News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE


PSDiver Monthly Issue 65 - Drysuit Maintenance - SCUBA Recalls and Safety Notices - NEWS CE - EVENTS and MORE!
PSDiver Monthly Issue 65 - Drysuit Maintenance - SCUBA Recalls and Safety Notices - NEWS CE - EVENTS and MORE!
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PSDiver Monthly Issue 65 - Drysuit Maintenance by Cris Gabel - 2009 Scuba Recalls and Safety Notices - PSD News - Events, Continuing Education and MOFRE!
PSDiver Monthly Issue 64
U.S. Coast Guard Course on Investigating Recreational and Commercial Diving Accidents
by Steven M. Barsky

News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE


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PSDiver Monthly Issue 63
 

PSDiver Monthly
Issue 63

 

The GUARDIAN Full Face Mask -
A Review by Chris Gable

 

Underwater Photography
Light Absorbtion Issue

  News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE!

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PSDiver Monthly Issue 63 * Guardian Mask Reviewed - UW Photography Issues - News, Events, CE and More CLICK HERE to Download
PSDiver Monthly Issue 62

PSDiver Monthly
Issue 62

 

More PSD Fatalities!

 

Dive Teams Clash

 

Preventing Heat Related Injuries

 

News & Information for Water Rescue & Recovery Teams 
EVENTS- CE- & MORE!



PSDiver Monthly Issue 62 - PSD Diver Fatalities, Preventing Heat Related Injuries, Dive Teams Clash
PSDiver Monthly ISsue 62
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