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The Underwater Crime Scene Investigation 1 Specialty from the Public Safety Diving Association is designed to present a new aspect of Public Safety Diving to Fire, Police and SAR Dive REcovery Teams. The course is an AWARENESS level course with real practical skill added. While the UWCIS-1 is an entry level course, it is demanding. Participants will be introduced to a variety of new skills and will be shown and allowed to practice, safety measures and techniques that will hopefully enhance their skills and abilities.

 

Participants will gain classroom knowledge on evidence handling, terminology, safety issues, standards information and concepts of the job of a Public Safety Diver. Participants will practice those classroom skills to an acceptable level of proficiency in a clear water pool using blacked out masks and will gain real experience in methods of underwater search and recovery in the simulated zero visibility environment. Participants will successfully perform a search and evidence recovery of at least one weapon and will successfully perform a body recovery. Participants will also be challenged with an underwater obstacle  / confidence building course that will test their ability to handle a variety of stressors including entrapment problems and self rescue issues.

 

To complete the program, the final day of the UWCIS-1 course will be a series of in-water training scenarios where participants will take the learned skills and apply them in a real dive scene environment. Each participant will take part in a body recover as well as a weapon recovery. Each scenerio will be a separate crime scene and the participants will be responsible for assessing the site, gathering intelligence, setting up the dive and recovering either a weapon or a body. Each team must complete the recovery and submit all documentation related to their task to successfully complete the UWCSI-1 Course.