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Good call Joe. Rescue personnel need all the pertinent information to
affect a rescue. Would it be possible to have a list of
required "universal" fittings on a sub so outside divers could easily pump
up the MBT's? Maybe like a quick-disconnect air fitting accessible from outside
the sub. Maybe a way to drop the weights from out side?
The red sub in Michigan had a hinge pin on the hatch that could be removed
easily, and maybe should have an outside flood valve so rescuers could get
the hatch open, or a valve to blow a flooded sub dry. Lots to think about
here.
I know that a universal connector on water tanks for fire crews to tie into
your water tank is required on properties here in Calif. and most land owners
also have a fire hydrant close to the road ( fed by their tank ) so the trucks
can hook up and fill up.
We had a forest fire near/on our land 4 years ago, and our well was
the only one for 2 miles that had the hose fitting to connect directly to the
trucks.
Our well ran 24/7 for three weeks while the fire was being fought.
Seems like a little standardization could be useful in a psubbers
convention.
As for the actual rescue operation, do you remember the thread a short time
ago about planning and practicing escape from a sub?
I haven't quite worked out the details yet, but I think this is one
criteria for diving my sub that I'll be sure to spend some time
doing.
Much like scuba diving, "Plan your dive, Dive your plan, plan for the
unplanned."
Frank D.
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