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Garmin and DAN collaborate on emergency support for divers
Wearable tech and dive computer specialist Garmin has announced a collaboration with the Divers Alert Network (DAN) to provide scuba…
‘Rescue Diver Ready’ programme launches in Florida with DAN and PADI support
A new initiative aimed at ‘strengthening diver preparedness through enhanced Rescue Diver training and ongoing education’ has been announced, with…
Michael ‘M2’ Menduno dies following stroke
Pioneering technical diver and journalist, Michael ‘M2’ Menduno, has died after suffering a stroke in early September. The news has…
Divers Alert Network names Cliff Richardson as new president
Divers Alert Network (DAN) has appointed Cliff Richardson as its next president and chief executive officer. Richardson will succeed DAN’s…
UNESCO endorses DAN.PADI Ocean Literacy Project
The DAN.PADI Ocean Literacy Project has been officially recognised as an Ocean Decade Action by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, which…
Divers Alert Network launches DANcast podcast
The Divers Alert Network has recently launched a new podcast to improve diver safety through discussions with a range of…
Jared Hires’ cause of death – DAN preliminary report
Preliminary report names medical event, not mechanical failure, as the cause of the celebrated diver’s death The Divers Alert Network…
Dive Rite’s Jared Hires dies in Norway’s Plura cave system
Update 11 April: DAN has issued a preliminary report into Mr Hires death – attributing it to a medical event,…
First Diving Safety Management degree graduates honoured in Malta
The first graduates of the first academic program in the world to be specifically tailored to dive professionals have recently…
DAN Europe lauches Internet hotline
The Divers Alert Network (DAN) Europe has launched a new Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) service, enabling DAN Europe members to call its…
Diving world mourns death of Divers Alert Network founder Peter Bennett
Dr Peter Bennett, founder and former president of the Divers Alert Network (DAN) has died at the age of 91.…
DAN Europe and Azoth Systems’ microbubble study
Divers’ Alert Network (DAN) Europe and Azoth Systems – an engineering and service company specializing in hyperbaric exposure safety – have signed a memorandum of…
Diving after Covid-19 vaccine
Together with its updated advice for scuba divers who are planning on returning to the water after recovering from a Covid-19 infection,…
Updated Covid-19 scuba diving safety advice
The Diver’s Alert Network (DAN) has issued updated advice relating to divers who have suffered from Covid-19 infections and are…
DAN Europe’s new Covid-19 medical declaration form
Following the issuing of its Covid-19 recommendations for dive operators, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) Europe has released a new Covid-19 medical declaration…