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Diving Series Programs Prerequisite for all programs:
Other prerequisites may apply - see class descriptions below. . Dive Rescue I Learn the fundamentals of dive operations from scene evaluation through incident debriefing. Public safety divers and surface-support personnel are prepared to respond effectively to a water-incident scene. Topics include: overview of public safety drowning accidents; selecting, training, and equipping dive teams; family media and other agencies relations; search pattern fundamentals; victim retrieval tactics; responding to vehicle accidents; accident scene documentation; and an introduction to specialized equipment. Programs are presented in a classroom, a pool, and at an open-water training site. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
*Dive Rescue I and Underwater Crime Scene Tech I receive the same certification Dive Rescue II Dive Rescue II is an intensive five-day course in advanced dive rescue skills that combines two diving programs from our Technical Series (see course descriptions below) into one class. Participants will be able to use specialized technical equipment, apply advanced rescue/recovery techniques, and identify problems, hazards, options and appropriate solutions. This program has been developed to enable public safety divers to successfully meet the challenges of their specific environment, maximize their resources, and safeguard their own lives in a multitude of water-related operations. Boat-Based Operations - Technical Series This customized program teaches the necessary skills to safely operate watercraft. Dive Rescue International customizes the training to ensure students acquire knowledge of the specific watercraft and equipment used by your department during operations. During the over 16 hours of on-water time students focus on:
Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Current Diving - Technical Series Prepare your team for current diving by learning to use specialized equipment, and proven search techniques. Upon successful completion of the Dive Rescue International program, students can safely complete complex, challenging, and potentially dangerous current diving operations. Our program teaches anchoring skills and high line techniques that prepare your team for various incident scenarios. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Dry Suit Diving - Technical Series Dry Suit Diving addresses the proper precautions needed when diving in potentially hazards conditions. Without proper protection from your potentially hazardous diving environment, your rescue/recovery operation may be hindered or halted. One of the first steps to preparing for contaminated water or ice diving is learning how to dive in a dry suit. Dry suit diving topics include: history of the dry suit, suit types, accessories, sizing, custom adjustments, emergency procedures, repairs, and maintenance. Duration - 2 days (16 hours)
Evidence Recovery Operations - Technical Series The Evidence Recovery Operations Specialist is specially trained in more advanced search and recovery techniques. Students will learn how to deal with crime scenes and the difficult task of evidence preservation. This program introduces students to advanced search patterns, evidence collection, and crime scene equipment & management. Duration - 2 days (16 hours)
Haz Mat Diving - Technical Series Contaminated water causes additional hazards and could possibly even stop your rescue/recovery operations. Almost all water is contaminated, and your team needs to be able to identify and operate in polluted water. During this program, team members learn to operate in a safe,cost effective and proactive manner. Topics include: recognizing potential contaminants and hazards, medical considerations, operational planning, equipment selections and maintenance, considerations for diving systems, special diving techniques, protection for surface and decontamination personnel and decontamination procedures for diving personnel and equipment. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Ice Diving Operations - Technical Series Ice Diving Operations is physically, mentally, and logistically challenging. Proper education in this overhead diving environment is key to a safe and successful operation. This program focuses on planning and implementing an ice diving operation so your team can safely conduct below ice rescues and recoveries. This intense, 24 hour training program introduces the techniques of diving beneath the ice and the proper planning of ice operations in rescue and recovery modes. Students participate in operational planning sessions and make multiple dives under the ice. This training program is also an excellent learning experience for surface-support personnel. Topics include: selecting and using specialized equipment, using underwater communication systems, ice-diving protocols, and special diving techniques. Programs are taught in a classroom, a pool, and at an open water site. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Light Salvage and Recovery - Technical Series Light Salvage and Recovery takes your dive team to a more advanced level of service. Dive team members offering the capability of salvage operations add an environmentally conscious service to their community. The focus of the program is conduction of salvage operations as they apply to underwater crime scenes and investigations. Participants learn how to apply salvage technologies and concepts, use specialized lifting equipment to recover automobiles, aircraft, and boats; and practice a variety of lifting techniques during practical, hands-on exercises at an open water site. The program is conducted in a classroom, pool, and open-water site to allow students to practice their new skills in a controlled environment before the field scenarios. Topics include scene evaluation, operational organization, selecting specialized lifting equipment, underwater rigging techniques, and lifting. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Public Safety Diver Survival - Technical Series Prepare to survive your next life threatening diving situation by inoculating yourself against panic and stress. This program is designed to improve and elicit automatic responses in survival situations. Participants learn techniques to minimize the negative effects of emotional and physiological stress based on research of public safety scuba injuries and deaths over several decades. Duration - 1.5 days (12 hours)
Special Marine Operations - Technical Series Students in Special Marine Operations courses learn to locate contraband, explosives, parasitic devices, and detect terrorist activities. This course trains divers to safely conduct pier and hull searches on vessels currently in commercial ports and inland waterways. This is an extremely hazardous endeavor and should only be practiced by highly trained individuals. Special Marine Operations is conducted in a classroom, a pool and an open-water site. The pool exercises allow students to practice their new skills in a controlled environment before the required field scenarios at the open-water site. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Surface-Supplied Air - Technical Series Learn how to select a system appropriate to your environment and get in-depth instruction for the safe planning and management of operations involving surface-supplied air. The Surface-Supplied Air Program is taught in a classroom, a pool, and at an open-water site. Program topics include: Use of surface-supplied systems, selecting full-face masks or helmets, tethered diving, underwater communications systems and emergency procedures. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
Underwater Crime Scene Technician I - Technical Series Underwater Crime Scene Technician is equivalent to the Dive Rescue I Program. Note: this course is dedicated entirely to recovery operations. Rescue topics are not covered. Fundamentals of public safety diving and crime scene preservation are taught in detail. This program is conducted in a classroom, a pool and at an open-water site. The pool portion allows students to practice their new skills in a controlled environment. The field scenarios are administered and graded at the open-water site. During the course students practice underwater search techniques and scene documentation, and get instruction on how to preserve evidence. Topics include advanced search patterns, use of underwater metal detectors, underwater crime scene photography and video, underwater crime investigations, and evidence laboratory parameters. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
* Underwater Crime Scene Tech I and Dive Rescue I receive the same certification Underwater Crime Scene Technician II - Technical Series Due to the sensitive information presented in Underwater Crime Scene Technician II the course is only available to law enforcement personnel or persons sanctioned by a law enforcement agency to assist with evidence recovery. Detailed information is presented regarding crime scene processing, fingerprint recovery, laboratory parameters, photography, videography, and advanced search patterns. This course deals specifically with body recovery operations making the content graphic in nature. Duration - 3 days (24 hours)
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