Mike Rudolph, a fishing vessel safety examiner at Marine Safety Unit Portland, demonstrates water entry technique in a full immersion survival suit for members of the Washington Homeland Security Roundtable at MSU Portland, July 16, 2018.
The full immersion survival suit is a Type V personal floatation device designed to keep a person alive in extreme aquatic conditions, it is a required item for most commercial vessels operating in the Pacific Northwest.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Lilburn.