BAMSAR Minutes


Minutes of the July BAMSAR meeting, held by South Country Ambulance, at Brookhaven Fire House. Thanks to Greg Miglino and Jim Vaz for their hospitality.

Present: Patchogue, Bellport, South Country, Brookhaven, Mastic, Center Moriches, Coast Guard Group Moriches, Westhampton Beach, guests Blue Point, and Mr. Bob Fink, of Long Island Rescue Services.

Old Business:
Dive Rescue 1: The following members will be attending:
Westhampton Ambulance: 1
Westhampton Beach FD: 3
Eastport: 2
Center Moriches: 6
Mastic: 1
Mastic Beach: 2
Bayport: 1
Blue Point: 2
Southold: 1
Total: 19

All personnel attending, please be at Westhampton Beach Fire Department, at 0730 on Friday, the 26th. Class starts promptly at 0800.
If any Department can spare some manpower to help out, it would be greatly appreciated. News12 is also scheduled to be attending the last day of the class. John to fax Marine Event Permit requests to Ken Seebeck, at Group. Three will be made out, one for each of the proposed sites. Ponquogue seems to be the favored location for the open water work.

Dive Rescue 2: Contracts signed. So far, we have 8 participants from BAMSAR, 2 from Eastport, 3 each from Mastic and Westhampton Beach. Phase 1 (Current Dive) will be held at Ponquogue, on 13-15 September; Phase 2 (Salvage Diving) will be held at the Westhampton Beach Village Marina, on 11-13 October. The brochure for this course will be advertised nation-wide.

New Business: None.

Training: Mr. Bob Fink, of Long Island Rescue Services, gave us an overview of the training courses that we can take advantage of, through his company. He is a Dive Rescue International Ice Rescue Instructor. Some of his courses include: Surface rescue, PWC rescue and recovery, Ice rescue, Diver emergencies (taught by hyperbaric specialists from Mather Hospital), as well as other courses. His presentation was well received. We asked him to give a course on hypothermia, in the fall. He also announced a seminar, to be held on Monday, 29 July, at 1900, at South Country's new headquarters (the old Hagerman Fire House), Montauk Highway and Dunton Ave., East Patchogue. This seminar will cover the newly created "Echo" responses to medical emergencies.

Innovations: A haul seine net with 12 inch by 12 inch mesh is being made for the Dory Rescue Squad, of East Hampton. The net is 1500 to 1800 feet in length, and will be used to retrieve drowning victims in the surf zone. More on this, in the next couple of months.

Next meeting is on Thursday, 08 August, 1930 hrs., at Patchogue Fire House. Anyone needing directions, please contact the Secretary.

Any corrections, comments, or additions, please contact the Secretary.

John Foley
Secretary
o_foghladha@yahoo.com
878-9217(H), 344-2350(W)