Neutral Buoyancy for Public Safety Divers
Neutral buoyancy and proper trim are essential for public safety divers to maintain control, efficiency, and environmental awareness.
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Celebrating being part of SDI family
This year, as SDI, TDI, ERDI, and PFI divers, we celebrate our first year under the SDI One Dive Family banner and 30 years of growth.
What I Learned From That
If we’re not constantly learning we remain stagnant and remaining stagnant means we don’t evolve. In the ever changing Public Safety field we should always be learning and staying up to date with current proccedures. We’re sharing stories of Public Safety teams out on the job and what they’re learning from the situations they’re called into.
How to Simulate Blacked Out Water Training
Looking to brush up on black water training? Do you know the best way to go about this? It may seem obvious but there are many factors you should taken into account before diving into this type of training.
Go Ahead Throw Your Weapon Over a Bridge, We’ll Find It
Do you know the Do’s and Don’ts of recovering evidence thrown over a bridge? Just because it’s lost in the water somewhere, doesn’t mean it can’t be found and used in an investigation.
It’s a Crime Scene – Until You Rule it Out
What makes a crime scene a crime scene? The answer is simpler than you think… Truthfully any call is considered a crime scene until a proper investigation has been preformed.
Public Safety Diver Response to an Underwater Cave Drowning
Do you know what it takes to become a International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery (IUCRR) diver? It’s not a certification ERDI offers and requires very intensive training. We have Wendell Nope Sargent of the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team breaking down what it takes to become an IUCRR diver.
Follow Up: How to Move from a Recreation to a Public Safety Dive Team
In this follow up article Tanya Chapman discusses what it takes to take a police unit from recreational divers to highly trained public safety divers. Also how we’ve progressed over the years in public safety diving with ERDI.
How to Move from a Recreation to a Public Safety Dive Team
Some don’t realize the amount of training it takes to become an ERDI diver in the public safety field. These divers go through hours and hours of training only to risk their lives to bring others to safety. What happens when a whole police unit needs to get up to speed in the public safety diving arena? How do they plan for it? How do they make sure everyone is up to speed?
What I Wish I Knew Prior to Starting My ERDI Course
We all know Public Safety Divers see some pretty gnarly things when they’re on the scene… But do you really stop to think about what YOU might see or hear during your training or how it will affect you?
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International Training Professional Familiarization Program
ITI PROFESSIONAL FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAM: The ITI Professional familiarization program makes it possible to complete all academic requirements for a SDI/TDI/ERDI Dive Professional. This is the first step for an individual current with another scuba certification agency to crossover to Scuba Diving International (SDI), Technical Diving International (TDI) or Emergency Response Diving International (ERDI). You will only have to complete this familiarization once even if you are crossing over to more than one of these agencies.