Helping Public Safety Professionals, into — and out, of the water!
ERDI is the Public Safety diving (PSD) agency that trains Police, Fire and other public safety organizations in Search and Rescue techniques in just about every submerged environment known. ERDI trains departments on how to make and maintain their own PSD teams along with being the only Public Safety diving training agency that has their own insurance that endorses its own standards. All ERDI programs are OSHA and NFPA compliant. In fact, some of the largest successful and renown departments use ERDI Programs to conduct their training.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Course 1
This entry level emergency response diving course is designed to give the public safety diver the fundamental skills needed to safely function as part of a public safety dive team and is OSHA and NFPA compliant. Topics such as problem solving, tender skills, search patterns and evidence handling are covered just to name a few. Dive skills include executing search patterns, victim recovery, emergency procedures and decontamination procedures among others. ERD I also serves as a prerequisite to ERD Ops Components courses.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Course 2
This ERDI course enables the public safety diver to develop detailed knowledge and advanced skills in emergency response diving. Among the topics covered are manner of death, physiological changes a submerged body undergoes, mechanics of drowning, handling of remains environmental issues, encapsulation, full face mask and drysuit use. As part of the certification requirements during the six dives, students will also master drysuit and full face mask skills.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Drysuit Ops Course
The ERD Drysuit OPS course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills that are necessary for drysuit diving operations in emergency response diving. In addition to the fundamental skills of drysuit diving, other important topics include encapsulation, contaminated environments, protecting potable water supplies and decontamination procedures. Drysuit OPS training is also part of the ERD II curriculum.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Full Face Mask Ops Course
The ERD Full Face Mask course provides the skills and knowledge for the ERD diver to utilize full face masks for emergency response diving. While basic full face mask topics and skills are presented, other topics and skills include encapsulation, communications with a full face mask, selecting proper masks for emergency response diving and decontamination procedures. Full Face Mask OPS training is also part of the ERD II curriculum.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Tender Course
The ERD Tender course trains team personnel to properly line tend and participate within the public safety dive team in a non-diving roll. ERD Tender is also part of the ERD I course curriculum so that an entire team can participate and train to their individual needs. Crime scene recognition, search patterns and decontamination procedures are some of the topics covered. In addition, ERD Tender students learn and master tending skills in both confined water and open water settings.
ERDI Public Safety Diving Contaminated Water Diver Ops Course
ERDI Contaminated Water Diver Ops is the perfect course for any public safety team member. Because the majority of public safety dives are conducted in contaminated water, it is critical to know how to mitigate: potential health risks and cross contamination into vehicle and home. This course can be a ‘stand-alone’ course or taught in conjunction with one of ERDI’s other courses. It teaches public safety divers and support staff how to safely decontaminate divers after a dive. This course takes divers through the specific planning procedures, techniques and equipment used during public safety dives. During the course, the ERDI Instructor takes divers on a minimum of two dives and covers skills such as:
ERDI’s Contaminated Water Diver Ops is a useful stand-alone course for the public safety team member who wants to become more skilled and proficient with diving in contaminated environments or proper handling of a diver who has been in a contaminated environment. The course may also be taught in conjunction with any of ERDI’s other course offerings, on the condition that all prerequisites and standards applicable to both courses are fully met. The maximum depth limit of this course 15 metres / 45 feet; dive operations are not required for non-diving students. Prerequisites to enroll on the ERDI Contaminated Water Diver Ops course are: Age 18, ERD 1Diver, SDI Dry Suit Diver, SDI/ERDI Full Face Mask Diver or equivalent. (Diver certifications not required for awareness and operations levels)
ERD U/W Threat Assessment OPS
In a world that has changed dramatically in recent years, so has our training for emergency response diving. The ERD U/W Threat Assessment OPS course is a course that is designed to provide the training, knowledge and skill development to recognize and identify a hazardous device in the underwater environment. Once identified, students learn the proper methods of marking and securing the area, who to notify for possible removal as well as the effects of explosions that occur underwater.
