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Last night the team met to do skills assessments and work with divers and tenders. We spent most of the time with newer divers and tenders reviewing search patterns and showing off our underwater camera.

The Region 5 Dive Team took the opportunity of a small break in the winter weather to do an ice dive at Mount Tom this morning. We had a number of new tenders present who learned about ice diving procedures.

The Region 5 Dive Team is sponsoring a safe boating course in Plymouth on November 9th from 830AM until 5PM. Please see the link below to register

https://he.aspirafocus.com/huntersafety/Account/Register?controllingSpc=9

Contact [email protected] with any questions.

This morning the team was at Stillwater Pond in Torrington. Divers worked with tenders on sweep patterns while other members began training on our new boat. Through DEHMS Region 5 we were able to secure a Whaly 4345R. This boat will be very beneficial for the team and community.

This afternoon the Region 5 Dive Team was requested to respond to Waterbury to assist with a water search.

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This morning we trained at Knife Shop Pond in Northfield. We started by locating and inspecting a dry hydrant, which is crucial for Northfield's water supply. We then set up a grid search looking for small objects. Once debris was loaded into buckets, topside personnel screened them to see what was brought up. The training was challenging dealing with Lilly pads and their roots, but we were able to locate lots of objects ranging from fishing hooks and lures to an old street sign.

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This morning, the team trained at Camp Mattatuck in Plymouth. Divers worked on performing a variety of tasks underwater including lift bags and bagging our training manikin. We also found some items dropped by swimmers over the years, and some old soda bottles and cans.

Team members conducted training at Nystroms Pond in Thomaston today. At the conclusion of training, divers helped set the anchors for the swimming area for the upcoming summer.

Today, members from the team did a presentation at a fire fighter 2 class for specialty teams. From the class, we went to open water and demonstrated some search patterns.

Last evening, we conducted our final pool session of the winter. We continued training with our underwater recovery bags and got some of our new divers to start learning different search patterns. We are fortunate to have a great partnership with the Bristol Park and Recreation Department.

Pool training tonight was spent learning and reviewing different types of search patterns. We have been very fortunate to have a great partnership with Bristol Parks, Recreation, Youth and Community Services to practice in a controlled environment. Most of the time, we are diving in limited visibility, so divers wore blackout masks to simulate not being able to see what they were searching for.


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