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DRUC Safety/Risk Management Program
Safe Diver Decree
TO BE A GOOD SAFE DIVER, I SHOULD:
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Maintain good mental and physical fitness for diving. Avoid being under the
influence of alcohol or dangerous drugs when diving. Keep proficient in
diving skills, striving to increase them through continuous education and
reviewing them in controlled conditions after inactivity in diving.
- Be
familiar with my dive sites. If not, obtain a formal diving orientation
from a knowledgeable, local source. If diving conditions are worse than
those in which I am experienced, postpone diving or select an alternate site
with better conditions. Engage only in diving activities consistent with my
training and experience.
- Use
complete, well-maintained, reliable equipment with which I am familiar: and
inspect it for correct fit and function prior to each dive. Deny use of my
equipment to uncertified divers. Always have a buoyancy compensation device
and submersible pressure gauge when scuba diving.
- Listen
carefully to dive briefings and directions, and respect advice of those
supervising my diving activities.
- Adhere
to the buddy-system throughout every dive. Plan dives – including
communications, procedures for reuniting in case of separation, and
emergency procedures – with my buddy.
- Be
proficient in dive table usage. Make and allow a margin of safety. Have a
means to monitor depth and time underwater. Limit maximum depth to my level
of training and experience. Ascend at a rate not faster than 30 feet per
minute. In addition, a safety stop of not less than 15 feet for 2 or 3
minutes is highly recommended after every no-decompression dive.
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Maintain proper buoyancy. Adjust weighting at the surface for neutral
buoyancy while underwater. Be buoyant for surface swimming and resting.
Have weights clear for easy removal, and establish buoyancy when in distress
while diving.
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Breathe properly for diving. Never breath-hold, or skip breath when
breathing compressed air, and avoid excessive hyperventilation when
breath-hold diving (e.g., snorkelling). Avoid over-exertion while in and
under water and dive within my limitations.
Dive COORDINATOR Check List
Safety Responsibility Decree (Assumption of Risk)
As a certified scuba diver, you are responsible for your
own safety and for managing the risks that are inherent with the sport.
Because your certification qualifies you to dive
independently, there is no requirement for supervision – we are only
coordinating the logistical aspects of this dive event.
We have done our best to inform you of the dive’s risks,
and of any uncertainties or unknowns.
If anybody does not understand any aspects of the dive
site or the risks, please speak now…
Knowing the risks, and understanding your limits of
training and experience, it is your responsibility to manage the risks, and you
are fully responsible for your own actions.
If anybody feels uncomfortable with the dive you have
planned, your dive plan should be adjusted to accommodate your comfort level,
and this adjustment could include deciding to not dive.
Safe Dive!!…
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