ERDI News

Public Safety Diving: The Mental and Physical Preparations

Several years back, during an informal meeting to discuss the standards to be adopted for one of several new ERDI Diver Ops programs, one of the senior members of ERDI’s advisory panel – a senior law enforcement officer and active … Continue reading »


Public Safety Diving, Practice Makes Perfect

ERDI Protocols for keeping on track and on target The responsibilities of a Public Safety Dive (PSD) team supervisor will depend a great deal on the size and the history of the team. In some operations, the typical job description … Continue reading »


Big Waves Roll in for Public Safety Diving at FDIC

ERDI once again made huge waves at the Fire Department Instructor Conference (FDIC) show in Indianapolis, from April 16th through the 21st. FDIC saw a record breaking year with nearly 30,000 attendees, filling the exhibit halls, classrooms and training sites … Continue reading »


Use it or Lose it, Personal Protective Equipment for Public Safety Divers

Most Public Safety Divers (PSDs) are involved in some part of Emergency Services; Fire, LE, ALS or BLS. When working for emergency services, we use PPE on every call we make. If we see a person fall off their bicycle, … Continue reading »


Diving Bailout Options – and the NEED!

You’ll never know how IMPORTANT it is until YOU need IT! In diving everything is about redundancy, starting at the basic certification of open water diver. We learn that we have an octopus for ourselves in the case of a … Continue reading »


Swift Water – The Need for Training

That water YOU are getting ready to enter is moving faster than you think! Spring is here and anyone that lives near a river knows that means snow melt, rain and fast moving waters. Spring is also followed by summer … Continue reading »


REMEMBER to Visit ERDI at FDIC April 16th -21st

Where Leaders Come to Train, Indiana Convention Center “All of us at ERDI™ are extremely happy to once again be participating in the FDIC program this year!” stated Board of Directors Representative Nestor Palmero. Palmero, a Training Officer for many … Continue reading »


ERDI™ To Exhibit at FDIC April 16th -21st

Where Leaders Come to Train, Indiana Convention Center “All of us at ERDI™ are extremely happy to once again be participating in the FDIC program this year!” stated Board of Directors Representative Nestor Palmero. Palmero, a Training Officer for many … Continue reading »


Public Safety Diving Presentations at BTS are of Great Interest to Many

ERDI presenting at Beneath the Sea Show You may not be a Public Safety Diver yet but if this is an area of diving that intrigues you or is in your future, please mark your calendar now and make plans … Continue reading »


ERDI™ Joins DUI to Offer Special Training Workshop for Public Safety Dive Teams

Diving in CONTAMINATED WATER is a vast and complex topic. DUI’s program is based on our 49 years of industry experience keeping divers protected in some of the world’s harshest environments. DUI’s Dive Ops program is conducted as part of … Continue reading »