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Underwater Camera Equipment Helps Libby Volunteers Save Time, Lives

  • Local Champion: David Thompson Search and Rescue
  • Date Funded: October 8, 2024
  • Grant Amount: $7,000

David Thompson Search and Rescue volunteers spend weeks searching Libby’s vast network of rivers and lakes when accidents occur, but without their own underwater camera equipment, these critical missions often rely on borrowed gear and take longer than necessary. After recently losing the group’s dive team, one volunteer saw an opportunity to make the nonprofit’s underwater operations safer and more efficient, so he reached out to LOR with an idea. LOR’s funding will help David Thompson Search and Rescue purchase underwater camera equipment, including a GPS locator and surface monitoring system, allowing volunteers to quickly assess dangerous underwater conditions, locate submerged objects more efficiently, and reduce the time and risks involved in water searches around Libby.

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