Public Safety Diving

Written for instructors, dive team captains, surface teams, and underwater personnel alike, this book offers definitive information on procedures for safe operations, proper methods of training, and how to make appropriate purchasing decisions. Contents: The foundations of a public safety team diver Dive team command Dive team personnel Diver training Equipment for shore personnel Diving equipment Cylinder safety The initial response Deploying the team The search Search patterns Communication and line signals Contingency procedures and scene safety Physilogical components of diving Diving maladies Contaminated water Handling the drowning victim Submerged vehicles Boat operations Law enforcement operations Special considerations and technology Appendix Answers to study questions.