Several members with South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue have recently taken a new training program to our department: Scuba Diving International Open Water Dive. This new training will assist our department in providing a local dive team to all of Yancey County, as well as a mutual aid Dive Team to other surrounding counties...
This new certification consists of 32 hours of training time. 8 of those hours are conducted in the classroom, while the rest of the 24 hours is used for practicals and skills development (8 hours are conducted in a pool, while 16 hours are conducted at the lake).
Members obtaining this certification will have the opportunity to further the education even further, taking specialized technical diving classes. South Toe plans to continue to offer these classes so that at least 8 members will be classified as "Rescue Divers", a certification that may only be attempted after each member is classified as a Advanced Open Water Diver. (To become an AOWD, you must have a minimum of 4 technical certifications, as well as 25 logged and recorded dives).
Currently, the pool dive is scheduled for August 19th and 20th at Toe River Campground located on Blue Rock Rd. The Lake dive will be held at Lake Jocassee, in Salem SC. The course is being taught by Asheville Scuba.
Members obtaining this certification will have the opportunity to further the education even further, taking specialized technical diving classes. South Toe plans to continue to offer these classes so that at least 8 members will be classified as "Rescue Divers", a certification that may only be attempted after each member is classified as a Advanced Open Water Diver. (To become an AOWD, you must have a minimum of 4 technical certifications, as well as 25 logged and recorded dives).
Currently, the pool dive is scheduled for August 19th and 20th at Toe River Campground located on Blue Rock Rd. The Lake dive will be held at Lake Jocassee, in Salem SC. The course is being taught by Asheville Scuba.
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