A few weeks ago we had a drill to practice what would happen in case of an emergency with a diver been injured under the ship and how we could get them out of the water and treated best. The drill went really well and it was a good learning experience for everyone envolved as it was something new to almost all of us. Here are some pictures that show the events of the drill.
Getting ready for the drill
Jumping in
Waiting for the drill to start
Captain briefing everyone on what is going to happen
Brave volunteers jumping in to help out
Me pretending to be unconscious
Getting positioned in the rescue basket
Taking off my dive gear, ready to pull me out
Getting lifted up by the fork lift
Almost out
And safely on land.Unfortunately not too much more than a week after we had this drill I found myself diving to save the piece of equipment that had saved me during the drill. There was a bit of an accident and our forklift ended up going for a swim. I got to be apart of the rescue effort as 2 of us dove in the murky water to find it on the ocean floor and attached a crane to it so that it could be pulled out. Needless to say its back to the drawing board on what we will do in case of needing to pull a diver out of the water.
(No Persons or animals where hurt in this forklift accident)