4 Day Program
for
Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS
Introduction
Public safety divers, conduct a variety of important and potentially stressful underwater tasks – including rescue, evidence and body recovery, underwater inspections and more - for local communities. Public safety divers are typically in the police department, fire department or emergency services and couple their job experience with specialized dive training to carry out these underwater activities in a safe, efficient manner.
Prerequisites:
In order to attend our program, you must be PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying equivalent certification ; PADI Rescue Diver or qualifying equivalent certification*; 18 years of age ; Proof of affiliation/employment with a public safety team (law enforcement, fire, paramedic, EMT, dive rescue team, etc.);
Please note that only individuals employed in fields such as law enforcement, fire suppression and emergency services are qualified to take our program. This program lays out an excellent foundation for dive team members with little or no experience but will also work well for experienced divers wanting to refresh basic skills and learn new public safety diving techniques.
Course Options
In our PADI Public Safety Diving course we’ve designed it to familiarize you with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards of public safety diving. The course covers several key topics that include specialized public safety diving equipment; scene handling; communication procedures; search patterns; witness handling; victim and self rescue techniques;
Water skills include a variety of common, useful search patterns as well as team diving roles as primary diver, safety diver, tender, 90 percent diver and supervisor. The program uses proven field techniques and both meets and addresses important National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) guidelines found in NFPA 1006 and 1670 (not including disciplines Ice 9/3/7, Surf 9.2.8, or Swift 9.3.9).
The Materials & Equipment You Need:
You will need the following materials and equipment for this program:
Program & Certification Requirements
Our program is taught using a combination of classroom presentations; surface practice sessions; 4 Open Water dives over 2 days;
Confined water sessions may be added to introduce new skills or equipment to the class. The student diver must demonstrate accurate and adequate knowledge and performance of all skills fluidly with little difficulty, in a manner that demonstrates minimal or no stress during the Open Water dives.
Program Cost & Logistics
Our program is conducted over four days. We start out with two days of class and confined water sessions, followed by two days of open water diving.
Our Fee is $3500 plus a hotel rooms for three nights. Note: Some staff travel expenses may need to be added to the course fee depending on location. This includes wall certificates for all students; photo ID PADI certification card for all divers who successfully complete the course; use of lines, harnesses, knives, communication systems, full face masks, carabiners, pony bottles and harnesses, pony regulators, contingency lines and other gear during the program; at least 30 hours of training; assistance filling the program; tender-diver laminated signal cards for each diver & tender;
Class size is limited to 20 divers and 10 tenders. For any amount of divers less than 20 the same amount of tenders can replace them. All divers must show certification cards and some type of dive log book upon our arrival.
To register for this program, or to get more information, please contact us at the store.
