I-SWBA® ihlinzeka ngokuvikela ukuphefumula emanzini kochwepheshe bokuhlenga amanzi ezikhukhula kanye nezindlela zokubalekela izimoto ezingaphansi kwamanzi.

Ngo-1942, u-Jacques-Yves Cousteau no-Émile Gagnan baklama i-Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) yokuqala ethembekile nephumelelayo kwezohwebo. I-Aqua-Lung. Ngo-1945, iScott Aviation yasebenza noMnyango Wezomlilo waseNew York ukwethula ukwamukelwa kokuqala okwandile kwe I-AirPac, I-Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) yokucisha umlilo.

Yize izindlela zokuhlenga amanzi asheshayo zaqala ukuvela ngeminyaka yawo-1970s, ukuncishiswa kwezingozi ezisongela ukuphepha kwabahlengikazi kugxile ekwakhiweni kwama-Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs). Kodwa-ke, ngisho nama-PFD anamandla kakhulu, ukuminza kungenzeka ngenxa yokufisa okuncane njengethisipuni lamanzi. Ukuphela kwendlela eqinisekile yokuvimbela ukuminza ukuvimbela ukulangazelela amanzi, futhi lokho kungenziwa kuphela ngokuvikela ukuphefumula.

Njengoba i-SCUBA ne-SCBA ngokuvamile zinkulu futhi ziyasinda, azifaneleki ukuhlenga amanzi ngokushesha. Ngo-2022, uMqondisi we-PSI uDkt Steve Glassey, i IPSQA I-Swift Water Rescue Assessor, iqale izivivinyo zokuphinda isebenzise i-Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS) ngemisebenzi yokuhlenga amanzi ngokushesha, eyaqanjwa ngokuthi “Swift Water Breathing Apparatus” noma i-SWBA. I-EBS izinhlelo ezincane ze-SCUBA ezisetshenziswa izisebenzi zezindiza ukuze zibaleke ezindizeni eziwele phansi emanzini. Zibuye zisetshenziswe ekuhambeni ngoseyili nakwezinye izimo zasolwandle ukubalekela imikhumbi ecwilayo noma eketuke. Kodwa-ke, awekho amazinga abusa i-EBS afanele ukuhlenga amanzi ngokushesha.

UDkt Glassey, ophinde abe ngu I-PADI Public Safety Diver, isebenze nochwepheshe bemboni nabameli ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela okuvulekile Umhlahlandlela Wokuzijwayeza Okuhle - I-Swift Water Breathing Apparatus futhi idale nesitifiketi esiku-inthanethi se-SWBA kuphela emhlabeni nge ukuqinisekiswa kwesikhathi sangempela ku-inthanethi kulabo asebevele bephethe izicucu ezaziwayo zokuhlenga amanzi kanye nezokutshuza. I-SWBA ibe wuphawu lokuthengisa olubhalisiwe ngo-2023 futhi ingasetshenziswa ngemvume kuphela. Ukusebenzisa umkhiqizo owenziwe ngokwezifiso Isistimu yokukhweza ye-SWBA, type-approved SWBA products can be fitted to a range of PFDs to operationalize the use of EBS in swift water.

Ngaphansi Kwesiqondiso Sokuzijwayeza Okuhle - I-Swift Water Breathing Apparatus, opharetha kufanele baqinisekiswe. Ungaqinisekisa ukuthi ngabe umuntu ungu-Opharetha we-SWBA oqinisekisiwe lapha. Ukuthola isitifiketi sokusebenzisa i-SWBA ngaphansi koMhlahlandlela kudinga ukuphothulwa kwezokwelapha ze-dive, ukuqinisekiswa kochwepheshe abaziwayo bokuhlenga amanzi asheshayo kanye nemininingwane yabatshuzi abagadiwe kanye nokuphumelela ukuhlolwa. Ukusebenza kwe-SWBA ngaphandle kwesitifiketi kungaholela ekulimaleni okubi kakhulu noma ukufa. 

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