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The icemen cometh While most in Brick enjoyed the warm
comforts of their homes Saturday, members of the Brick
Underwater Recovery Team took a dip in the frigid Lake
Riviera
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| PHOTOS BY SEAN BRADY Jim Hajeski
demonstrates how to operate a rescue sled to
members of the Point Pleasant Borough and Brick
Underwater Recovery
Teams. | |
Commonly known as the "Dive Team," the group is a
specialized unit of volunteers within the Brick Fire
Department. In the municipality with the most waterfront
property in the state, Brick’s team has many roles, such as
assisting victims of boating accidents, submersions, swimmers
and boaters in distress, and vehicles in the water.
But with the recent blast of dangerously cold temperatures,
the team decided the time was right to cut a hole in the lake
and practice recovering mock victims who fell through the ice.
The drill was conducted alongside underwater recovery
officials from Point Pleasant Borough.
— Karl Vilacoba
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| Kevin Batzel (l) and Jim Hajeski
demonstrate how to attach a floatation device to
a
victim. | | |
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| Brick Underwater Recovery Team
members pull Capt. Chuck Hilling and Assistant
Capt. Jon Meaney of the Point Pleasant Borough
team during a drill at Lake
Riviera. | | |
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| Using a sled, Jim Hajeski (l-r), Pat
Mulcahey, Dave Murrin and Kevin Batzel practice
recovering a submerged
victim. | | |
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