On a Wednesday night in August the Point Pleasant First Aid Dive Team ran a joint drill for the Point Pleasant fire Department and first Aid squad on the south jetty of Manasquan Inlet.
Since the fire department maybe called to
assist the dive team and the first aid in searching for and removing injured
people from the jetty it is important that every one learns to work
together as a team and then gets to see how we work getting to the injured and
then removing them from the jetty. With the many holes and gaps in the rocks
and the jacks if someone falls in they can go down pretty far and be out of
sight from someone on top of the jetty.
So learning to work down in the jetty in a confined space is a skill that must be mastered. At times finding them is the easy part, getting them out is another story. Working in the small space and getting them on a back board and strapped down and then getting them out is the hard part.
The scenarios that we used in the drill are
based on past events that have happened on the jetty. So searching and working
in small places and lifting and moving are very important.
Thank you to the fire department, first aid and the dive team for coming out and training so hard so we'll be ready for when the call coming in.
