Who this course is for:
- Any ERD II certified member of a public safety dive team who responds to operations in/near swift water found in high hills, mountain areas or in flash flood areas
- Any ERD II certified member of a public safety dive team who responds to calls in rural and urban environments where water may be moving swiftly
- Any ERD II certified public safety dive team member who would like to further educate themselves on the risks and procedures involved in swift water incidents
Course prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18
- Current CPR, first aid and oxygen administration certification
- Certified ERD II or equivalent
- An active member of a recognized emergency service or public safety dive team
What you can expect to learn:
- Emergency procedures and types of penetration lines
- Tether rescues and assists
- Use of safety reels and spools for locating a lost buddy
- Use of safety reels and spools for locating a lost exit
- Communications
- Proper techniques for using hand signals
- Proper techniques for using line signals
- Proper fullface mask communications
- Hazards of confined spaces
- Disorientation
- Reduced visibility
- Entrapment and entanglement
- Loss of gas supply
- Line traps or tether entanglement
- Potential hazards
- Contaminants on the surface
- Contaminants inside a wreck
- Glass windows/doors
- Wrecking moving/unsettled
- Contingency planning
- Chamber locations
- Communications
- Emergency gases
- Emergency procedures
What’s in it for you and your team?
- After successful completion of the ERD II Confined Space Ops program, responders may engage in limited confined space operations similar to their training.
ERD Confined Space Operations Course minimum requirements:
- Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
- Complete all field exercises, and confined and open water requirements safely and efficiently
- Minimum score of 80 percent on the ERD II Confined Space Course written examination, with 100 percent remediation
How to take this course!
- Find an Instructor for this course
- Find your local Dive Center: here