Pete Gannon retired as a Battalion Chief of Lauderhill Fire Department after 25 years of service where he was also Dive Team Commander. He is currently acting as Dive Team Leader at Plantation Volunteer Fire Department and has been active with this department for the past 27 years. He has also been active on the Broward Sheriff’s Office Dive Team for the past 15 years. He was a yacht captain for 7 years on a 100-foot yacht that chartered for dive trips in the Caribbean and Bahamas. He has been a Corporate Instructor with Dive Rescue International since 1979. Currently he is the President of Dive Rescue International. He is the Past President of Florida State Fire Service Instructors. For the past 3 ½ years he has been working as a Field Examiner for the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.
The most recent award received, among many throughout the years of his career, was the Robert G. Teather Award for Lifelong Contributions to the Safety of Public Safety Divers presented at the IADRS Conference in September, 2006. After logging over 5100 dives, he received Pro Diver status from SSI.
Standard Operational Procedures for Public Safety Divers
This presentation will discuss the need for SOP, what they will do and not do for the PSD team, how to protect your team from contamination, what equipment your team should be wearing and how to get it budgeted.
Attendees will have access to SOP's that meet the NFPA standards that have been approved by a dive attorney. Review of the NFPA/IADRS watermanship swim test and why you need to include it in your traning.