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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:42:15 -0400, you wrote:

>I complained about this on the lists about 15 months ago, discussing why it
>was that the Accident Analysis files that I knew were being kept by the CDS
>and NACD cooperatively with the IUCRR were not readily available. The reply
>that eventually I got back was that it was a lot of work and that the
>database "keeper" was busy doing his statistical reports, which are quite
>good, BTW, but that the raw reports could not be disbursed to the public at
>large because they contained personal info.

It just seems to me that IUCRR is an organization that exists to pat
itself on the back. I don't understand why dozens of people sign up
for that course. Do they think that the police are suddenly going to
call them if something happens? Many say "I just want to know what to
do if something happens while I am there". If you want to do
something, learn CPR, other than that most cave divers can't do
anything more than keeping others from attempting their own body
recovery or become a victim themselves. There are only a handful that
are going to be called. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be one of
them. My respect is to those that do take their time off work and
their lives in attempts to assist the families of the deceased, even
under impossible circumstances such as ocean recovery. 

Another thing that gets me is the failure to release the information
about a fatality. Do people think that they are somehow the only ones
that can use that information or put it to good use. Accident analysis
is a vital part. No one is asking for details on the throes of death,
but they do what to know what went wrong. I certainly don't see the
liability of releasing information of a recovery or investigation. In
every airplane crash, the NTSB will not only release the details of
the investigate, but they will also speculate as to anything unknown.
People keep dying form the same mistakes over and over and I can't
figure out why no one is learning a damn thing.

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