Friday, November 28, 2008

Divers Night

So, next week, on the 4th of december, 2008, 20:08 a clock, we'll be going nightdiving. Diversnight has been arranged for a few years now on the initiative of the diveclub DKTV's founder. This fourth annual diversnight is again pushing for a recordbreaking dive-event by having as many divers in the water at the same time as possible - last year there was 1859 divers in the water, and hopefully there will be more this year as the popularity of the event has spread outside of Norway and Scandinavia.

There is also a set of rules that every divesite must follow to ensure a minimum of safety. Would be rather unfortunate if anyone was to have an accident.
Borrowed without permission from the diversnight.com site, but assuming it's ok as it is about safety.

"The following must be present on the dive site for matters of safety:
  • Surface support; a diver in gear (PAI Rescue or equivalent*)
  • Emergency Management Plan in the unlikely event of an emergency
  • The diving flag must be raised
  • Divers must be logged inn and out of the water
  • No ‘solo diving’
  • All divers must be certified , with night diving experience*
  • Local emergency services should be notified of the event
  • All divers must fill out a liability release form"
The liability release form is a bit fishy, but understandable. So if you wanna go dive, make sure do sign up yourself and your buddy for an independant divelocation or check if there's a planned location somewhere close to you.

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