Sunday the
dive team was out on Manasquan Inlet jetty Training to search for a missing
person and how to recover or move them from the jacks or rocks.
The team does this every year to be ready
for the upcoming summer season. In the past we have done this with the
lifeguards from Jenkinson’s and the fire companies from Point Pleasant Beach.
This time it’s just the divers, but in two weeks the fire companies will be out
here, because it takes so many people to remove someone from the rocks safely.
It starts right at the gates to get on the beach. All the squad’s beach vehicles have keys to open the gate and the squad members are trained how to drive on the beach
Once on
the jetty everyone is split into teams and begin the search. Searching the
jetty is a very slow process. There are so many kooks and crannies that have to
be checked. So its look left and right, up and down then move on. Some holes drop
down ten feet down to the water so its move carefully.
When the victim is found the EMT’s go to
work doing their first aid and getting the patient ready to be moved. The
searchers job is now how to get the equipment down for the EMT’s and find a way
to get the patient out.
When the victim is found the EMT’s go to
work doing their first aid and getting the patient ready to be moved. The
searchers job is now how to get the equipment down for the EMT’s and find a way
to get the patient out.
Now the
second team gets to search for the victim and the first team gets to remove
patient from the rocks. The first team used a stokes basket to remove the patient
and the second team will be using a miller man for their patient.
Tony and the first team worked getting the patient in an area where he could be lifted out. Then it was lowing the patient down the rocks to the beach.
