2004 damage control trends.

The best way to make next year better is to learn from last year. In the interest of self-improvement, here are some of the most common problems noted from safety surveys conducted last year. Take an honest look at these and decide if they apply to your program. If they do not apply due to your personal or your command policies please e-mail me or call me and let me know how you resolved the problem so that I can review your solution and provide process improvement information to your fellow DCPOs. Without further ramblings, here are the cold hard facts:

1. All of boats surveyed with SCBAs had at least one cylinder below 4000 psi.

This means that if you …