Volunteer Dive Team

[divezonescuba]

Hello:

Our local Public Safety Department does not have a dive team. So, we are looking into forming a volunteer dive team along the lines of a volunteer fire department. Our shop will be sponsoring the team.

We have the Hendricks book and the PADI material. Is anyone with a similar program willing to share their SOPs and other insight that we could use as guidelines.

Thanks.

 

[sheeper]

you need a solid program behind you. The leader in the field is ERDI. Worth looking into.

 

[Waterdog Diver]

you need a solid program behind you. The leader in the field is ERDI. Worth looking into.

I am a PADI, SDI and ERDI instructor as well as a shop owner and team captain of our local volunteer PSD unit and I could not agree more. I'll be glad to share our SOGs (PM sent) Also look at PSDiver.com for some good info on SOGs.

 

[Upstate Scuba OWI]

International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists - IADRS

and

www.diverescueintl.com/

 

[Sitkadiver]

IARDS Conference is going on in Laughlin, Nevada from October 15th - 18th. Might be worth sending a couple folks so you could get materials and pick some brains.

http://www.iadrs.org/media/IADRS_2012_Conference_Flyer.pdf

 

[ffemtdiver300]

In Kenosha Wisconsin we have simialiar situation. We affiliatted with a already operating volunteer ambulance service to provide a dive team. How ever you proceed, make sure you go through the legal process to become a legal agency with protection for law suits, emergency response and other rules.