Long Beach FD Strengthens SAR Capability

Shark Marine Technologies Inc. has delivered a Mako Diver Delivery System (DDS) to Long Beach Fire Department in California. 

 

The Mako DDS will be used in conjunction with one of two Navigator systems already in use with the department. The Mako will allow the divers longer search periods, due to less physical demand on the divers, also enabling programmed searches of a defined area. This allows the diver to concentrate scanning the area around him/her for drowned victims while the Mako DDS follows the search pattern. The goal of the Navigator was to decrease the time to find targets on the sea floor. Decreasing this time can help to bring the drowning victims recovery into that of the “golden hour”, in which victims have a far more likely hood of resuscitation. Coupling the Mako with the Navigator will aid the rescue services in achieving this goal.