IDEA Public Safety Diving

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IDEA Public Safety & Top Water Rescue
High-Quality Training & Special Operations.

Our mission is to reduce water-related mortality through education and training. Equipping First Responders and Community Members with Public Safety Scuba Training.

Canal Rescue and In-Water Vehicle Extrication 05/13/2026

This class is now full. If you would like to host your own class or would like to be placed on a list for the next class, please text Paul at 504-382-1097

Canal Rescue and In-Water Vehicle Extrication This course provides valuable information for first responders responding to buoyant vehicles, vehicles settled in static or moving water with cab showing, v...

Canal Rescue and In-Water Vehicle Extrication 05/10/2026

*****ATTN PLAQUEMINES PARISH LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS*****

Capt. Coleman is currently accepting requests to participate in this class. Didactic consists of eLearning that can be done while you're on duty. The practical skills consists scenarios and several techniques that increase safety, efficiency and speed of extrication.

This course is applicable to canals of all widths, depths, shears and velocities. Information is also invaluable for responding to estuaries, bayous, small rivers, the base of low head dams and other bodies of water.

The course provides critical information for rescues involving vehicles that are still buoyant when you arrive, vehicles that are settled with the cab above the waterline in moving and static water, vehicles with cabs that are settled shallow below the surface as well as proper measures to be taken when all you have are context clues or witnesses with no vehicle visible. Further training of a more technical nature meets a Mission Specific Distinctive Specialty need using SCUBA in a Quick-Rescue Diver course that has a path to full certification backed by the Public Safety Division or the International Diving Educators Association (Est 1952).

All students conduct zero visibility vehicle and occupant assessments, squaring and extrication, proper window and protected door searches, tendering, cut seat belts, manipulate infant car seats and much more. With a total of 11 scenarios including mass casualty using live and weighted manikins you will be familiar with most scenarios you may face.

Additionally, many of you are aware of the light aerial transportation that frequents your airspace including sea planes, off-shore and medical transport helicopters. We have teamed up with some of those same operators to provide the most up to date information as to what to expect should you have to respond to an aquatic incident involving those aircraft. We also include other light transportation including hot air and gas balloons, ultra-light aircraft and events that may involve vehicle or pedestrian beam bridge collapse.

Participants will have access to all of our training props including PFDs, helmets, rescue swimmer training vests, masks, snorkels and of course the modified Ford Ranger we will sink in a local waterway.

Although this is an open class to any first responder, Plaquemines Parish firefighters will have priority and we only allow a max of 16 people. If we need to offer multiple classes, we are prepared to do so and if your department would like to host a class, please give me a shout at 504-382-1097 or [email protected]

For more information, details and class photos, please visit this web site or contact me directly. https://www.diveandrescue.org/s-projects-side-by-side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iogcTzOWtH0

Canal Rescue and In-Water Vehicle Extrication This course provides valuable information for first responders responding to buoyant vehicles, vehicles settled in static or moving water with cab showing, v...

Photos from St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office's post 05/06/2026

honored to have been asked to provide this critical rescue training. Thank you for the opportunity to serve the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office and the citizens they protect.

04/27/2026

On Monday, May 4th with help from North Florida Diving Services and TowBoatUS,we will deploy these two memorial reef for dedication later this year by Warrior Memorial Reefs Foundation, Inc. We are so honored to be a part of such a noble effort. If you want to help, send us a DM 🩵

04/16/2026

This is an incredibly sad and unfortunate event. But it’s critical that we learn from other’s experiences so that we don’t become the bad experience others learn from.

Buoyant vehicle access and rescue is one of the topics covered in our Canal Rescue and In-Water Vehicle Extrication course.

Learn about it at diveandrescue.org It’s on the front page. Easy to find.

Let us bring our mission specific Ford Ranger to you. We’ll sink it in one of your waterways*. We cover Vehicle Settled w Cab Showing, Vehicle Settled Cab Shallow below the Surface and No Vehicle Seen, but context clues or witnesses present.

Call or text for information 504-382-1097

* while not every waterway requires hazmat response, it’s always a consideration. One we also take into consideration for training locations.

01/21/2026

Are you a law enforcement agency that needs an in-water rescue option, but doesn’t need ropes training? Are you a small fire department or volunteer agency that doesn’t have the backfill, manpower or budget for a full 48hr Swift Water/Flood Rescue course? What about volunteer rescue group, refinery or production group with an in-house team?

Our Mission Specific Distinctive Specialty training may be exactly what you are looking for.

Want us to come to you? We love to travel and swim in new areas. Give us a shout.

01/16/2026

These classes are in Baton Rouge, LA. To host your own classes near you, call or text Paul the number below. We can travel to you.

12/23/2025

Merry Christmas! 🔱🎄

Weihnachten ist die Zeit, Wissen weiterzugeben und Gemeinschaft zu leben.
Danke an alle Tauchlehrer, Tauchbasen und Taucher, die den Tauchsport sicherer machen.
Wir wünschen euch allen ein schönes, entspanntes und sicheres Weihnachtsfest. 🎄🤿

Photos from U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia's post 12/02/2025
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