The team consists of U.S. and international coordinators (Regional Coordinators; as specified on the IUCRR website) and first responders who are trained in the incident command system. When called upon, they will work with local law enforcement to develop a rescue or recovery plan and coordinate with qualified recovery divers.[1] The divers must be certified and must be qualified to dive in the specific environment where the rescue or recovery is taking place.[2] IUCRR provides services in the U.S. and internationally, and has performed body recoveries throughout the world,[3][4] as well as underwater cave rescues.[5]
The IUCRR have established standard recovery procedures for cave diving fatalities, and may provide expertise and resources not easily available to most law-enforcement agencies.[1] The IUCRR team members are taught to treat every recovery as a potential crime scene.[6] They are certified in these procedures by cave diver training agencies, independently of the IUCRR, though the instructors themselves may be IUCRR members. Search and recoveries and rescues are coordinated with the law enforcement official on site.[1] Although many law enforcement organizations have public safety divers, they are typically not trained for anything other than open water diving.[2] The IUCRR assist by way of regional coordinators who organise the cave trained and experienced volunteer divers who perform the overhead diving portion of a rescue or recovery.[1][7] Also, it is generally expected that the IUCRR provides public reports of incidents,[8][9] some of which are archived on the IUCRR website. Incident reports are published when available, but the IUCRR makes no judgments about the cause of an incident.[10]
Underwater diving
- Diving activities
- Diving modes
- Atmospheric pressure diving
- Freediving
- Saturation diving
- Scuba diving
- Snorkeling
- Surface oriented diving
- Surface-supplied diving
- Unmanned diving
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- Snorkel
- Swimfin
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Buoyancy and
trim equipment | |
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Decompression
equipment | |
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| Diving suit | |
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Helmets
and masks | |
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Mobility
equipment | |
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Safety
equipment | |
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Underwater
breathing
apparatus | |
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Diving
equipment
manufacturers | |
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Breathing gas
handling | |
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Decompression
equipment | |
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| Platforms | |
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Remotely operated
underwater vehicles | |
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| Activities | |
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| Competitions | |
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| Hazards | |
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| Historical | |
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Underwater
work | | Salvage diving | - SS Egypt
- Kronan
- La Belle
- SS Laurentic
- RMS Lusitania
- Mars
- Mary Rose
- USS Monitor
- HMS Royal George
- Vasa
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Diving
contractors | |
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Tools and
equipment | |
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Underwater
weapons | |
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Diver
organisations | |
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Diving tourism
industry | |
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Diving events
and festivals | |
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Diving
hazards | |
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Diving
procedures | |
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Risk
management | |
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Diving
disorders | Pressure
related | | Oxygen | |
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| Carbon dioxide | |
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Breathing gas
contaminants | |
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Immersion
related | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Personnel | |
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| Screening | |
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| Research | Researchers in
diving physiology
and medicine | |
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Diving medical
research
organisations | |
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Archeological
sites | |
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Underwater art
and artists | |
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Engineers
and inventors | |
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Historical
equipment | |
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Military and
covert operations | - Raid on Alexandria (1941)
- Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
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| Awards and events | |
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| Incidents | | Dive boat incidents | |
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| Diver rescues | |
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| Early diving | |
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| Freediving fatalities | |
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Offshore
diving incidents | - Byford Dolphin diving bell accident
- Drill Master diving accident
- Star Canopus diving accident
- Stena Seaspread diving accident
- Venture One diving accident
- Waage Drill II diving accident
- Wildrake diving accident
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Professional
diving fatalities | |
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Scuba diving
fatalities | |
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Publications |
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| Manuals | - NOAA Diving Manual
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual
- Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival
- Underwater Handbook
- Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving
- Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
- The new science of skin and scuba diving
- Professional Diver's Handbook
- Basic Scuba
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Standards and
Codes of Practice | |
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| Research | |
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| Dive guides | |
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Training and registration |
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Diver
training | |
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Recreational
scuba
certification
levels | | Core diving skills | |
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| Leadership skills | |
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| Specialist skills | |
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Diver training
certification
and registration
organisations | Commercial diver
certification
authorities | |
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Commercial diving
schools | |
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Free-diving
certification
agencies | |
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Recreational
scuba
certification
agencies | |
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Scientific diver
certification
authorities | |
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Technical diver
certification
agencies | |
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Military diver
training centres | |
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Military diver
training courses | |
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| Snorkeling/breath-hold | |
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| Breath-hold | |
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| Open Circuit Scuba | |
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| Rebreather | |
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Sports governing
organisations
and federations | |
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| Competitions | |
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Pioneers
of diving | |
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Underwater
scientists
archaeologists and
environmentalists | |
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Scuba record
holders | |
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Underwater
filmmakers
and presenters | |
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Underwater
photographers | |
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Underwater
explorers | |
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| Aquanauts | |
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| Writers and journalists | |
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| Rescuers | |
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| Frogmen | |
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| Commercial salvors | |
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Diving
physics | |
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Diving
physiology | |
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Diving
environment | |
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Other |
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Deep-submergence
vehicle | - Aluminaut
- DSV Alvin
- American submarine NR-1
- Bathyscaphe
- Archimède
- FNRS-2
- FNRS-3
- Harmony class bathyscaphe
- Sea Pole-class bathyscaphe
- Trieste II
- Deepsea Challenger
- Ictineu 3
- JAGO
- Jiaolong
- Konsul-class submersible
- Limiting Factor
- Russian submarine Losharik
- Mir
- Nautile
- Pisces-class deep submergence vehicle
- DSV Sea Cliff
- DSV Shinkai
- DSV Shinkai 2000
- DSV Shinkai 6500
- DSV Turtle
- DSV-5 Nemo
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| Submarine rescue | Deep-submergence
rescue vehicle | |
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| Submarine escape | |
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Special
interest
groups | |
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Neutral buoyancy
facilities for
Astronaut training | |
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| Other | |
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