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Emergencies

• Choosing Emergency Contacts - by Eric Boerger
  One of the things that all most every Dropzone or Boogie waiver has is a space to list an Emergency contact. Jumpers should put more thought into this decision then they do into what type of jumpsuit they are going to buy.
  (Rating: 8.33 Votes: 24 Viewed: 3798 Posted: Wed Feb 11 2004)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydiving Incident Reporting: For Mass Media Reporters - by Christy West
  Reporting a skydiving (or any other technical sport) accident isn't an easy job, but making the effort to do it thoroughly can give your readers a better product that tops competing publications in this area.
  (Rating: 9.07 Votes: 88 Viewed: 21181 Posted: Sun Dec 21 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydiving Incident Reporting: For Skydivers - by Christy West
  As distasteful as it is to try to explain to a whuffo reporter why a fellow skydiver was injured or killed while jumping, though, it's actually an opportunity to improve the image of the sport.
  (Rating: 8.96 Votes: 79 Viewed: 12848 Posted: Sun Dec 21 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It

• Skydiving Emergencies and Procedures - by Dan Poynter and Mike Turoff
  The bulk of the content from this section is republished with permission from Chapter 4 of Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook by Dan Poynter and Mike Turoff.
  (Rating: 7.00 Votes: 4 Viewed: 7438 Posted: Fri Aug 22 2003)   Rate It   Bookmark It