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Emergency Response Diving International claims to be the largest organization devoted to training emergency response divers [2] in public safety diving (PSD). It was founded in Orlando, Florida in 2000 by Scuba Diving International in response to a high accident rate in the training of emergency response divers.
Nesconset fire department scuba rescue team on training exercise. Public safety diving is underwater diving conducted as part of law enforcement and fire/rescue.Public safety divers differ from recreational, scientific and commercial divers who can generally plan the date, time, and location of a dive, and dive only if the conditions are conducive to the task.
NAUI is allied with Divers Alert Network, a non-profit organization for diver's assistance and medical research on recreational scuba diving safety, developed by Executive Director Dan Orr in 1980. [8] DAN and NAUI allied in 2007 to work together for diver safety. DAN is the official dive accident insurance provider for NAUI.
ISO 11121 introductory training programmes to scuba diving. (PADI equivalent – Discover Scuba Diving) Most PADI training programes are not directly covered by ISO standards. PADI is a member of the following member councils of the World Recreational Scuba Training Council – the RSTC Canada, the RSTC Europe and the C-Card Council (Japan).
In South Africa, public safety diving and police diving fall under the Diving Regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, and such divers are required to be registered as commercial divers by the Department of Employment and Labor. Their basic diver training must be done through registered commercial diving schools.
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Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, United States, in 1980 at Duke University providing 24/7 telephonic hot-line diving medical assistance.
NASDS (USA) - National Association of Scuba Diving Schools only USA (Founded in the 1960s and merged with SSI in 1999) [29] TAC - The Aquatic Club - existed in the UK between 1982 and 1986. dissolved organization [30] YMCA SCUBA – Defunct recreational diver training and certification agency (1959-2008). [31] [32]