usace forward response technical dive team
DESCRIPTION
Command-authorized by NWP in 2010, the USACE Regional / Technical Dive Team is a component of the NWP and LRB Office of Dive / ROV Operations and Safety. Since 2012, this Eastern / Western combined regions dive team, a/k/a the USACE Forward Response / Technical Dive Team, safely and successfully ...TRANSCRIPT
US Army Corps of Engineers
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USACE Forward Response /Technical Dive Team Briefing
Team Leads:Rick Benoit – Portland District
Ed Gawarecki – Buffalo District
NWP / LRB Office of Dive / ROV Operations and Safety
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• Command-authorized by NWP in 2010, the USACE Regional / Technical Dive Team is a component of the NWP and LRB Office of Dive / ROV Operations and Safety;
• Since 2012, this Eastern / Western combined regions dive team, a/k/a the USACE Forward Response / Technical Dive Team, safely and successfully:
1. Executed more than 30 missions;
2. Mobilized to seven USACE Districts;
3. Traveled OCONUS to Three Countries;
4. Worked in more than 15 states.
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Team Leads Team Members
Todd Manny
Rick Benoit
* Rick Benoit – NWP - Portland* Todd Manny – NWP - Portland* Ed Gawarecki LRB – Buffalo* Shanon Chader – LRB - Buffalo* Steve England – NAP - Philadelphia* Derrick Dunlap – SPN – San FranciscoAdam Hamm – LRB - BuffaloJohn Winkleman – NAE – New EnglandAndrew Rapp – SPN – San FranciscoEric Romani – SPN – San FranciscoThom Stan – NWW – Walla WallaCharlie Bryan – LRN - NashvilleKyle Tanner – LRD - NashvilleTerry Vance – HQ RAO CadreDan Meyers – HQ RA Cadre* Team Leads
Ed Gawarecki
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Certified► Bridge Inspections;► Professional Engineers - PE’s; ► Waterfront Structure Inspections;
Installations; Maintenance; Video, Still Photography; Invasive Species Survey. General Inspections;
► Trash Racks;► Navigational;► Fish Facilities;
War Games; Readiness; Ships Husbandry; NDT Testing, Salvage.
Mission Capabilities
Diver Ed Gawarecki with tenders Adam Hamm and Steve England
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Diver / Team Qualifications• Highly skilled, with a minimum of five
and up to 30 years of federal, military, and / or commercial dive experience;
• USACE trained, certified, qualified;
• Members qualified as divers, dive supervisors & dive safety inspectors;
• Each is trained and certified in CPR, AED, First Aid and O2 Administration;
• Richly diverse and adaptable; experienced with hydroelectric dams, navigation locks, spillways, vessels, fish-ways, waterfront structures,
Bridges and biological habitat.
Surface Supplied Air
TetheredSCUBAwith AGA
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Methodologies:• Surface Supple Air (SSA);• Scientific SCUBA / Snorkeling;• Tethered SCUBA with communications;• Application is work & safety dependent.
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Requirements to Dive Twenty (20) working-day notice; Command Authorization for
emergencies, time-critical dives; Certified Dive Equipment; Credentialed Dive Team; Operational Dive Plan Package;
► Includes:► Diving Work Plan;► Activity Hazard Analysis;► Emergency Management Plan.
Eric RomaniBonneville Dam
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Missions
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NWP / NWW Missions
1. Coos Bay, OR USCG Station;
2. Willamette Falls Locks;
3. The Dalles Dam Spillwall;
4. The Dalles Dam NavLock;
5. Bonneville Dam NavLock;
6. Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder (2);
7. Cougar Dam PFFC (2);
8. Little Goose Dam NavLock;
9. McNary Dam Fish Ladder Exit.
Derrick Dunlap
Rick Benoit
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National Missions
1. Military Ocean Terminal,
“MOTCO”, Concord, CA
2. Aberdeen Proving Grounds Aberdeen, Maryland;
3. Ft. Belvoir, Virginia;
4. Ft. McNair, Washington DC
5. Harlan County Dam, Nebraska;
6. John Martin Dam, Colorado;
7. Sayreville H20 Treatment Plant
Sayreville, PA (Hurricane Sandy)
Steve England
Shanon Chader
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OCONUS Missions
1. North Dock,
USAG , Yokohama, Japan
2. Kure, Hiro and Akizuki AD;
USAG Kure, Japan;
3. Naha Port Inspection,
Naha City, Okinawa, Japan;
4. Pier 8 Inspection,
Busan, South Korea
5. Camp Darby Pier Inspection, Livorno, Italy;
Ed GawareckiCharlie Bryan
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Complementary Capabilities
ROV video; Instruction; SONAR imaging; Ultra-sonic testing; Dive Safety Oversight; Dive Submittal Review; Emergency, Time-critical,
Out-of-Schedule Response.
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Where We Work
Vessels; Spillways; Piers, Wharfs; Fish Facilities; Outfalls, Seawalls Navigation Locks; Hydro-electric Dams; Habitat Maintenance Units;
Bonneville Dam Spillwayon the Columbia River
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Team Contacts:
Rick Benoit – NWP 503-808-4312
Todd Manny – NWP 503-808-4334
Ed Gawarecki – LRB 716-879-4293
Derrick Dunlap – SPN 415-503-6772
Pier 8, Busan ROK
Bonneville Lock / Dam
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