U.S. Water Rescue Dive Team is dedicated to water safety and awareness through Public Safety Dive training and consulting, dive rescue/recovery, swiftwater rescue, and water safety classes. The team based out of Montana, is comprised of Law Enforcement, Military, Professional Divers, and EMT/Paramedic personnel, all highly trained for the challenges of the aquatic environment.
The U.S. Water Rescue Dive Team’s Mission is to reduce the number of water related incidents and deaths by providing water safety and awareness education, public safety dive instruction, and water/dive rescue and recovery services. The Public Safety Dive Team has been providing dive rescue and water rescue services since 1998.
According to the U.S. centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the 2nd leading cause of injury related death among young children under the age of 15. In the year 2000, there were 3,482 unintentional drownings in the United States, an average of 9 people per day. According to the National Safety Council, an estimated 5,000 children under 14 are hospitalized due to unintentional drowning-related incidents each year; 15% die in the hospital and as many as 20% suffer severe, permanent neurological disability.
