Public Safety Diving

2025 Public Safety Divers Conference

Friday, March 28th 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Meadowlands Exposition Center

Beneath the Sea is presenting a comprehensive 7-hour symposium tailored specifically for the Public Safety Dive community. This event will examine, inform, and enlighten current public safety diving practitioners with a combination of best practices and networking opportunities within the industry. Whether you are a newcomer to public safety diving or a seasoned veteran, you will gain valuable insights that will reshape your perspective on this vital field.

The program will feature presentations from nationally and internationally recognized frontline public safety diving professionals.

What To Do When Things Do Not Go as Planned
(Sometimes you need not only plans A & B, but plan C as well)

Scheduled presenters include:

• Josh Whitney & Tyler Hunter - Marshals from Oklahoma Cherokee Nation
  6 hour recovery of boy in contaminated well (only 12 feet deep)
• Skeeter Porter - Maryland side scan sonar expert
  What to do when it doesn’t work (recovered 75 bodies)
• Walt "Butch" Hendrick - Life Guard Systems
  79 minutes of bad decisions
• Andrea Zaferes & Joe Steer - Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Water Rescue Team
  How to Take It to The Next Step When Everything Says It’s Not An Accidental Drowning
• Representatives from Dive Rescue International
• Representatives from New York State Water Operations

Lunch will be provided by Beneath the Sea.