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List,Being a cave diver and firefighter/paramedic with a ''good size'' fire dept,(20 stations and 375 members) for the last 17 years. i often think how DIR is almost universely practiced in emergency services, vs ''personal preference''. From day one in rookie school you are taught how to rig and wear protective equipment including the air mask in a safe and streamlined manner. Everyone is required to wear their gear whether dept issued or purhased by oneself in a similar manner, so that in a dangerous enviroment, with zero-vis, in a unfamiliar location,( like cave diving?) in a out of air emergency, each firefighter can locate his buddy by touch contact alone and locate his regulator to begin emergency air sharing. this is drilled into the new firefighter in burn buildings for weeks on end. i can't imagine how many firefighter deaths we would have if each member was allowed to configure their gear according to their own personal preference. I asure you it would be a huge cluster f... Even the pumpers and ladder trucks or set-up in a similar manner so anyone can locate a critical piece of gear off of any vechile in a emergency. As for George Irvine being a loud mouth hard ass, you should hang around a firehouse for a few years and listen to the veteran firefighters go after the shiny new rookies that act like they know everything when in fact they have yet to puke into their mask at a major structure fire. It reminds me of the wild kingdom T V show where the lion goes after the gazzel. NOT a pretty site! joe boone -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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