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Man drowns in the
Inner Harbor
July
4th, 2008
Victim went into the water in the
Harbor East area around 11:30 p.m.; it's unclear whether he
jumped, fell or was pushed, a fire department spokesman says
The
Associated Press 10:34 AM EDT July 5th, 2008
A man is dead after going into the
Inner Harbor in Baltimore.
City fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright says the
man was in the 1400 block of
Lancaster
Street in the
Harbor East
area when he went into the water around 11:30 p.m.
Friday. It's unclear whether he jumped, fell or was
pushed.
Another man jumped in to try to rescue him but was
unsuccessful. Rescue crews pulled him out of the water
unharmed. Within about 10 minutes, they found the
missing man, who was unresponsive. They performed CPR
and took him to
Johns Hopkins Hospital,
where he died of an apparent drowning.
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Sonar
Torpedo Recovery
February 8, 2008
The Baltimore City Fire Department Dive Rescue Team was
dispatched to the Francis Scott Key Bridge to locate and
retrieve a side scan sonar torpedo.
The sonar
torpedo was being used by the Baltimore City Fire Department
Emergency Rescue Boat to locate a possible missing child in
the waters under the bridge.
During the
search of the Patapsco River, the torpedo became held fast
by some unknown obstacle, approximately 51 feet below the
surface. The umbilical was still attached, but
operation personnel were not
capable of remotely retrieving the torpedo.
A diver was deployed
to the Patapsco River floor just fifty yards outside of the
channel, and approximately 200 yards west of the Key Bridge.
The torpedo had burrowed itself in approximately 3 to
4 feet of mud and silt.
Visibility was
negative, but the torpedo's umbilical was used to estimate
the location of the target. The diver used his upper
extremities to excavate the target.
At 1153 hours, the
target was retrieved intact and operational. The
Dive Rescue Team stood by as the sonar torpedo continued its
search for the missing child.
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Homeland Security Drill
September 8, 2007
In the continuing effort
to provide security for America's Ports and Seas, a Homeland
Security Exercise was conducted during the anniversary of
the World Trade Towers Incident.
The drill was conducted
approximately one nautical mile from the Key Bridge in Chesapeake
Bay waterways frequented by heavy vessel traffic.
The exercise was a
combined effort by the Baltimore City Fire Department's Dive
Rescue Team, Special Rescue Operations Team, Hazmat Team,
Fireboat Vessels, I.T. Communications, and several Federal,
State, and Local agencies.
The exercise simulated an attack on a ship by an unknown
entity, encompassing hostages, injured civilians, detonation
devices, hazardous materials, and other obstacles faced
during the events of re-taking the vessel, and liberating
the hostages.
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Video
#24 - WJZ-TV, Baltimore Interview
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Baltimore Divers Shed
Light
On Bridge Collapse
August 8, 2007
While divers continue
the dangerous search for the dead in Minneapolis, there are
divers right here in Baltimore who know firsthand what
that's like.
It took Baltimore Fire
Department divers a week to bring the water taxi to the
surface and recover the five who died when it capsized off
Fort McHenry three years ago.
You're losing body
heat 25 times faster in the water than on the surface.
They're breathing mechanical air, it's dry, so they get
dehydrated much faster. It takes a lot of wear and tear on
the divers," said Chief Joseph Brocato of the Baltimore Fire
Dive Team.
That same toll is being taken on divers working to recover
those still missing in last week's Minneapolis bridge
collapse.
Visibility and
wreckage were also obstacles in Baltimore. Divers
photographed the wreckage on a remote controlled
mini-submersible. But before it could be used, targets had
to be acquired in a large area of open water, so sonar was
brought in.
Sonar systems are
also being used in Minneapolis, but here the target is huge,
unstable and in shallow water. Navy divers are working off
air lines running from the surface to a 17-pound enclosed
helmet.
Alex Demetrick - WJZ-TV
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2008
Dive Rescue Team Stats
Jan to
Dec = 14 Dive Team Calls
6 Team Trainings
5 Special Call Operations
0 Additional DRT Trainings
0 Dive Team Tryout
2007 Dive Rescue Team Stats
Jan
to Dec = 33 Dive Team Calls
12 Team Trainings
5 Special Call Operations
11 Additional DRT Trainings
2 Dive Team Tryouts
2006 Dive Rescue Team Stats
Jan
to Dec = 32 Dive Team Calls
13 Team Trainings
11 Special Call Operations
12 Additional DRT Trainings
2 Dive Team Tryouts
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