DIR Equipment Check
The equipment check is the DIR diving equivalent of a buddy check procedure. At the beginning of the dive, all members of the diving team in turn examine and announce to other team members the
- presence,
- configuration,
- functionality,
- place and form attachment
of each item of their standardized diving equipment. This is a part of the check.
The complete dive plan review is: SADDDDD
- Sequence: Who leads, who follows, what are the responsibilities of the team?
- Air: Turn pressure, actual decompression ('deco'), bailout deco.
- Distance: penetration of a cave/ wreck, how far from boat/ shore, etc.
- Depth: max and average depth of the dive.
- direction
- dive
In 2006, SADDDDD was replaced with GUE EDGE which stands for :
- G : Goal, dive objectives
- U : Unified team, team strategies
- E : Equipment match
- E : Exposure, depth/time
- D : Decompression strategies
- G : Gas strategies
- E : Environmental issues
Read more about this topic: Buddy Check
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