Crew Cut
The phone number for Eckerd College Search and Rescue
What is 727-864-8256?
The format of our case numbering system.
What is "Year, Month, Case #"? (Ex: 20251118)
The name of the neighborhood above McPherson Bayou.
What is Belle Vista?
For a single rescuer, the compression to breaths ratio for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
What is 30:2?
This concept for our tow asterns ensures the tow bridle takes strain instead of the towline.
What is the catenary?
This is the type of distress call that is hailed over the radio when someone is in urgent distress but not in any immediate danger to life or property.
What is a Pan-Pan?
This local basin has range markers for its approach channel.
What is the Gulfport Yacht Basin?
The rate that water goes out of our pumps.
What is 220gal/min?
The four types of fires we might encounter.
What is SLEM? (Solid, Liquid, Electrical, Metal)
This is the legal provision in which we are allowed to operate under as EC-SAR.
What is the Good Samaritan Provision of the Federal Boater Safety Act of 1971?
The original purpose of the Boyfriend marker.
On our patient care reports, GCS stands for this.
What is the "Glasgow Coma Scale?"
This was the year that the original Sunshine Skyway bridge collapsed.
When is 1980? (May 9th, 1980)
The formula for determining safe towing speed.
What is "1.4 * sqrt(length of a vessel at the waterline)"?
Our primary seacoast light in Tampa Bay and its lighting characteristics.
What is Egmont Lighthouse, 85 ft tall, visible from 24 nautical miles away, with a flash pattern of 15 seconds?
New mercury brand engines do not have this piece of equipment.
What is a fuel bulb? (Instead, they have a mechanical fuel pump)