Fire diver

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Fire diver searching a waterfront

The role of fire brigade divers is the elimination of , or technical assistance in public emergencies .

This Includes the rescue of people and animals and work based on specific threat situations (eg. As mountains tasks in shipping lanes , the removal of sharp dangers in publicly accessible locations, securing dikes , sealing of leaks and damage to dangerous goods containers or holes in tanks ).

Other tasks, such as B. the recovery of corpses , carcasses or objects are carried out as part of administrative assistance for other public institutions.

Fire service divers in Germany

Diving within fire brigades in Germany is regulated nationwide by FwDV 8.

In addition, country-specific regulations and decrees apply. In addition, not all federal states work with uniform versions of this regulation.

The training facilities are also not standardized: in some countries, the training of fire service divers is carried out at fire service schools / academies for disaster control, in other federal states the courses are carried out directly at fire services with their own training divers.

Training as a fire service diver

A fire service member who wants to become a fire service diver must be at least 18 years old and be able to demonstrate suitability for diving in accordance with G 31 . In addition, a completed basic fire brigade training and the lifeguard badge of the DLRG or the water rescue service in the DRK in silver are required. Fire service divers must be mentally stable and physically very fit (therefore many fire services offer weekly swimming and diving training for fire service divers). The training includes both a theoretical and a practical part. One teaching unit (TU) corresponds to 45 minutes, a training dive must be at least 20 minutes long.

Theoretical part

The lessons for diving aspirants of level 1 comprise at least 23 teaching units, in which the required theoretical knowledge for diving assignments in the fire brigade is to be imparted.

The following teaching topics are to be dealt with:

Practical part

Diving aspirants have to complete at least ten hours of practical training and 25 dives for level 1 . At least the first five dives must be carried out in clear water and up to five meters deep. At least ten dives must be carried out under operating conditions at depths of more than five meters.

The ten practical training units include:

  • Donning the diving equipment (not only quick, but above all safe donning of the equipment)
  • Support in equipping the fire service diver from the signalman
  • Activity of the signal man

The following training is to be carried out in particular in the 25 dives:

  • Getting used to staying under water (The first habituation exercises should be limited to depths of two to three meters. Only when the diving aspirant feels safe at this depth can habituation exercises up to the permissible depth be started.)
  • Descent and ascent exercises (When descending, it is particularly important to descend properly from land and from a ladder. Jumping into the water is prohibited!)
  • Communication exercises between fire service diver and signalman
  • Changing the diving equipment under water (special attention is to be paid to the removal of the weight system and the cutting of jammed signal lines.)
  • Emergency exchange exercises (The diving candidate must be accompanied by a fire department instructor.)
  • Rescuing people
  • Search tasks (search for people and objects)

Fire diver level 2

Theoretical part

The lessons for diving aspirants of level 2 comprise at least 35 units, in which the required theoretical knowledge for diving assignments in the fire brigade is to be imparted. If the training is based on the level 1 training (with 23 TU), a further 12 TU are required.

The following teaching topics are to be dealt with:

  • Equipment knowledge (especially diving equipment, full face mask, buoyancy compensator and rescue equipment, underwater intercom )
  • Legal basis (in particular standards , FwDV 8, UVV fire brigades)
  • Physics (in particular buoyancy, pressure and gas laws, properties of water, light, units of measurement in diving, sound, temperature, composition of the air)
  • Physiology (especially breathing, cardiovascular system, nervous system, sensory organs)
  • Diving medicine (especially compression phase, isopression phase, decompression phase, division of the dive)
  • Operational training (in particular line pull marks, search procedures, underwater hand signals, ice diving, deployments on weir systems, marking and securing deployment sites)
  • Emergency measures (especially measures after a diving accident, oxygen breathing apparatus, rescue from the water, coping with stress )
Practical part

Diving aspirants have to complete at least 20 hours of practical training and 50 dives for level 2. If you have not been trained as a level 1 diver beforehand, at least the first ten dives must be carried out in clear water and up to five meters deep. At least 20 dives must be carried out under operating conditions at depths of more than ten meters.

The 20 hours of practical training include:

  • Donning the diving equipment (not only quick, but above all safe donning of the equipment)
  • Support in equipping the fire service diver from the signalman
  • Activity of the signal man
  • Construction of underwater intercoms
  • Construction of shipping signs
  • Establishment of dive sites.

The following difficult underwater activities using technical equipment must be carried out in the 50 dives in addition to level 1 training:

  • Rescuing trapped people
  • Underwater work with technical equipment
  • Object descriptions
  • Object marking

Fire diver level 3

Level 3 fire service divers are also allowed to carry out technical measures using tools that require additional training (for example , underwater welding ). The maximum diving depth is usually 20 m.

The diving depth can be extended to 30 m for divers of levels 2 and 3 with appropriate deep diving training.

If it is necessary to exceed the 30 m limit in the event of an emergency, the fire service regulation 8 "Diving" refers to the regulations of DGUV regulation 40.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance - Downloads - FwDV 8. Accessed on February 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ DGUV regulation 40 accident prevention regulation for diving work. DGUV, accessed on January 1, 2012 .