Unit 8 - Delta / DMRS Image Gallery

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Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - Unit 8 arrives as safety boat	Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - Unit 8 patrols the perimeter
Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - Unit 8 stands by to seaward	Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - Unit 8 stands off in 2-3' surf
Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - The Beach and in-water crew with Delta Parks and Rec. staff	Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - One of the in-water crew mans the finish bell
Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - In they go!	Delta Polar Bear Swim 2010 - The Finish!
Fire at Sea! - A sailboat burns off Saturna Island - July 2009	Fire at Sea! - A sailboat burns off Saturna Island - July 2009
Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - Rescuers climbing to the scene	Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - A multi-agency rescue
Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - Cormorant circles ready to drop SARTechs	Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - Ready to lower the SARTechs
Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - A SARTech is lowered to the rescue scene	Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - Shielding the patient from the Cormorant rotor blast
Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - The patient is packaged and ready to airlift out	Tumbo Cliff Rescue! - The stokes with the patient is almost in the Cormorant
Trawler aground on a reef	Safety - flagging a nasty deadhead that could easily sink a boat
Pacing - A coxswain gives some instruction on pacing another boat (in this case, a 47' CCG Lifeboat), before starting the approach.	Pacing - the thrill of closing in to come alongside another boat at speed!
Boating Safety - Unit members deliver a boating safety talk to kids at a Delta elementary school. The more kids wear their PFDs, the more adults will as well!	Boating Safety - Bobbie the Safety Boat is always a hit with the kids
SAR Competition - line throwing contest	SAR Competition - testing navigation and chartwork skills
SAR Competition - Assessing a casualty in a First Aid excercise.	SAR Competition - First-aid skills are monitored and evaluated.
SAR Competition - a timed fire-pump excercise.	SAR Competition - getting the pump put together and started.
SAR Competition - The US Coast Guard deploy a Rescue Swimmer	SAR Competition - The US Coast Guard recover their Rescue Swimmer
It's a RHIOT - learning to recover from a capsized boat at Bamfield	It's a RHIOT - pacing the Lifeboat at Bamfield
Parbuckling at RHIOT	It's a RHIOT - a Delta member at Bamfield
A strange sense of motion	The Spirit of Delta IV - coming fast
Coming in with an alongside tow	Taking up the tow
Parbuckling - getting person out of the water	A bird's-eye view
The Polar bear swim is ready to go.	The Polar Bear swim - charge for the bell.
The Polar Bear Swim - Aux. 8 safety boat	The reflective is working!

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Unit 8 - Delta / DMRS Image Gallery

Last incident - 2009-11-19 - dramatic high winds/ heavy seas rescue attempt of small boat driven onto Point Roberts cliffs - see our Incidents page

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