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~SWIFTWATER RESCUE
~DIVE RESCUE / RECOVERY
~WATER SAFETY EDUCATION
~PUBLIC SAFETY DIVE
TRAINING & CONSULTING
The U.S. Water Rescue Dive Team is committed to water safety and awareness. The team is available for rapid response to provide governmental agencies and families with rescue and recovery services throughout the United States and internationally.
Our volunteer members are law enforcement, military, professional divers and EMT/paramedic personnel who are highly trained and proficient at meeting the challenges of underwater world. Based in Billings, Montana, the U.S. Water Rescue Dive Team has been providing dive rescue and recovery services since 1998.
The team also provides Public Safety Dive training and consulting, dive rescue/recovery, swiftwater rescue, on-site standby water rescue and evidence recovery services. Water safety and awareness education is another major thrust of the team’s mission. The U.S. Water Rescue Dive team does not receive governmental or tax-based funding but operates on membership funding and donations.
Much of the team’s work is not seen by the public, including the hundreds of hours of technical training required to obtain Public Safety Diver certifications and our underwater efforts. That does not mean the U.S. Water Rescue Dive Team is “out of sight, out of mind” as the services provided by the team are extremely important. The team touches entire communities as they bring home victims of drowning and assist law enforcement agencies in recovering evidence that helps bring justice to crime victims.
Mission Statement:
U.S. Water Rescue exists to reduce the number of water related incidents and deaths by providing water safety awareness and education, swiftwater rescue, dive rescue and recovery services, and public safety dive consulting.
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