RESCUE 6195 - 2002 EVI Walk-in Rescue

Equipped with a cascade unit for filling air bottles or dive bottles
on scene.  It has in-line air for confined space rescue.

6195 is also capable of being used as a command post with fire
radio along with VHF for marine use.  With it's air conditioned/heated
body, it is also used for rehab.

Towed behind 6195 is "Marine 2", a 16-ft. Rescue One aluminum
dive rescue boat with a 35 hp Johnson electric start motor and
center console.

The Dive Team was formed in 1990 by Robert Keith Coombs, who was
a life member and an avid recreational diver, who got together with
Scott Brown, Lew Megonigal, Ben Hopkins and ex-chief Ray Brown, to
form what is now Town Bank's Dive Unit.

We operate from an S.O.P. developed by the divers and command officers.

DIVE TEAM MEMBERS:

Senior Diver/Marine Officer - R. Scott Brown
Senior Diver/Assistant Chief - Lew Megonigal
Diver/Firefighter - Chuck Newton
Diver/Firefighter - Dave Brown
  Diver/Firefighter - Tony Fazio
Diver/Firefighter - Bill Rickards
Diver/Firefighter - Bill Weatherby, Jr.
Diver/Firefighter - Ron Harwood

We would like to thank the Fortescue Dive team for their
knowledge and help with our organization.

DIVE TEAM LINKS:

Atlantic Divers (our instructors and supplier)

Divers Alert Network

Dive Rescue International

Search & Rescue Links

NJ SCUBA Diver

Interactive Marine Observations

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