LG Diver
Guest
Hi all,
I've been reading a lot here and considering joining a PSD team. There's a volunteer team in my town, and I'm attending their monthly meeting tonight to meet some folks, ask some questions, and see if it's for me. What sorts of questions should I be asking? Are there ever situations where you would opt to not join a particular team for some reason? Are there "red flags" that I should be on the lookout for, such as a minimum amount of regular training, minimum number of team members, etc? I'm a pretty new diver so I'm looking to get the following things out of participating in a team like this:
- Sense of giving back to the community a bit (first and foremost)
- training/experience/confidence in operating in difficult diving conditions
- Building some ties with other members of the local community since we're somewhat new in town.
I'm currently a member of my employer's volunteer emergency response team, so I'm already CPR/AED, medical first responder and hazmat responder certified. I also have a PADI rescue diver cert, though I currently only have about 25 dives. Is it a bad idea to consider joining a PSD team with my level of experience- should I wait until I have more diving under my belt?
Does anyone have any information/experience directly with this team that you'd care to share?
http://www.lgmsdart.org/
Thanks,
John
I've been reading a lot here and considering joining a PSD team. There's a volunteer team in my town, and I'm attending their monthly meeting tonight to meet some folks, ask some questions, and see if it's for me. What sorts of questions should I be asking? Are there ever situations where you would opt to not join a particular team for some reason? Are there "red flags" that I should be on the lookout for, such as a minimum amount of regular training, minimum number of team members, etc? I'm a pretty new diver so I'm looking to get the following things out of participating in a team like this:
- Sense of giving back to the community a bit (first and foremost)
- training/experience/confidence in operating in difficult diving conditions
- Building some ties with other members of the local community since we're somewhat new in town.
I'm currently a member of my employer's volunteer emergency response team, so I'm already CPR/AED, medical first responder and hazmat responder certified. I also have a PADI rescue diver cert, though I currently only have about 25 dives. Is it a bad idea to consider joining a PSD team with my level of experience- should I wait until I have more diving under my belt?
Does anyone have any information/experience directly with this team that you'd care to share?
http://www.lgmsdart.org/
Thanks,
John