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PUBLIC SAFETY DIVERS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Posted On 09/06/2008 21:05:20 by PSDIVER
What is a Public Safety Diver????? Public Safety Divers are human, believe it or not - just like the rest of us. They come in various sizes and shapes and speak with as many accents and languages as there are lakes and rivers. Public Safety Divers are found everywhere; in large cities, rural communities and at most departmental budget meetings. The best way to get one is pick up the telephone. Public Safety Divers deliver lectures, diving equipment and bad news. They’re expected to hav... Read More



Acceptable Risk - what is it?
Posted On 05/20/2008 14:26:38 by DiveMaster
As I mentioned in one of the forums, I have been involved in the formation of many of the standards in Canada (diving) for many (25+) years and have seen it go from 2 man dive teams to 4 man. It IS a lot safer and I am happy to see that the divers working under them acknowledge the work that went into them. However - having said that - there seems to be a growing trend to make it SO safe that staying out of the water is the best option (or drain the lake / ocean to fix it.) Diving for a living I... Read More



The Electronic Banyon Tree
Posted On 11/21/2007 16:16:30 by DiveMaster
While cruising the net in search of ANYTHING underwater, I noted that except for a few forums (a LOT of forums actually), I never really found a site that kind of glued all the interesting underwater people into one place. In my commercial diving career (Canada), we used to have a yearly gathering of diver types at Underwater Canada - and we met in a bar under a plastic Banyon Tree (yes .. it did exist - and was a tacky as you would imagine.) Many an hour we would sit there, tell yarns (and lies... Read More








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