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PADI PUBLIC SAFETY DIVER
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Be A Safer Diver
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Public Safety Diver
The Public Safety Diver Course
Who should take this course?
If you have the opportunity to work with local authorities and be part of a scuba diving rescue team, or conduct search and recovery dives, and maybe even underwater criminal investigations, this is the course for you.
Although public safety diving can be a fun and exciting adventure, it’s serious and requires special training.
The PADI Public Safety Diver Specialty course gives you a solid foundation to build upon and teaches you both surface and underwater skills that you may need on the job.
To enroll in a Public Safety Diver course, you must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and at least 18 years old.
You also must show that you are affiliated with a public safety team (law enforcement, fire fighting, paramedic, EMT, dive rescue team, etc.) and need to earn your PADI Rescue Diver certification by the end of the course.
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What will you learn?
You’ll be introduced to the special procedures, equipment, scene handling, communications and documentation requirements for a public safety diving operation.
During four open water dives you’ll practice compass navigation, knot tying, arc search techniques, victim recovery, rope-pull communications and rescue techniques for a distressed public safety diver, plus plenty more.
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How can you start learning now?
Visit a PADI Dive Center or Resort that offers the PADI Public Safety Diver course and get your PADI Public Safety Diver Manual to read before class. Also, see if there is a Public Safety Diver Workshop scheduled in your local area.
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What scuba gear will you use?
Beyond your basic scuba equipment, you’ll want to have gloves, a dive knife and additional cutting tool, plus at least two scuba tanks.
Your PADI Instructor will advise you about other gear you may need, which may include technical diving equipment.
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Next Step
Earn your next certification:
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Enroll in a Public Safety Diver course.
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Register for a Public Safety Diver Workshop.
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Browse the PADI Course Catalog for related courses, such as PADI Rescue Diver, Underwater Navigation, Search and Recovery Diver.
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Check out the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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