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Rapid Deployment Search and Rescue / Recovery
RDS&R/R is the prerequisite for our other specialist diving programs. It offers Rapid Deployment Search & Rescue/Recovery Certification, as well as Blackwater I if enough dives in blackwater are conducted…
Rapid Deployment One Day Workshop
Introduction to Rapid Deployment Search and Rescue, Drysuit Rapid Dressing, Drownproofing with Turnout Gear, How to Handle a Dive Accident (for EMS and divers), and many other customized programs…
Rapid Deployment Ice Diving Rescue / Recovery
Training in this overhead diving environment is physically, mentally, and logistically challenging and is key to a safe and successful operation. This course focuses on planning and implementing an ice diving operation so your team can safely conduct below ice rescues and recoveries…
Large Area Rapid Deployment Search and Rescue / Recovery
Learn how to use advanced witness interviewing, etc. to narrow the search area. Learn how to search a 25,000 to 35,000 square foot are in a single day. Learn securing a boat using a three anchor system…
Moving Water Dive Specialist
Dives in currents greater than 1/2 knot. The course content for your department depends on how fast the water is, underwater visibility, how well the divers/tenders can perform the basic RDS&R I skills, and available boats…
Under Water Vehicle Extrication Specialist
Is your team responsible for responding to vehicles partially or fully submerged in the water? Fire departments wouldn’t let members extricate patients from cars without specialized training and practice sessions, so why will dive teams send divers into vehicles without proper training or equipment…
Public Safety Drysuit Diving
Drysuits are the exposure suit of choice for public safety teams who often dive in contaminated and cold water. Drysuits offer the protection needed for both these hazards. Learning how to properly rapidly dress, maintain, and dive drysuits is imperative for diver safety and suit longevity…
Surface Supply Contaminated Water Diving
Due to the very nature of the customization of this course, please call for additional information.
Surface Ice Rescue Technician
With training, you can be prepared with the right equipment, procedures, mutual aid communications, and contingency plans. This can make the difference between life and death on the part of both victim and rescuer…
Swiftwater Surface Rescue Operations
Swiftwater rescue involves operational rope, sash and perhaps hose work and technician low angle rigged platform-based rescue…
Small Boat and Personal Watercraft Rescue
Small Boat Handling & Surface Rescue is customized to your department’s needs in terms of environmental conditions, personnel skill levels, types of drowning, and types of vessels and equipment available..
Drownproofing Turnout Gear
If you might end up in a flooded basement, on a tarp covered pool, or near a body of water while wearing turnout gear, then this course is a must for YOU…