Underwater Search and Recovery - Professional Search and Recovery

Professional Search and Recovery

The scope of professional search and recovery includes the following applications:

  • Marine archeology - search for artifacts of historical interest and importance, and where applicable the recovery of such artifacts for study.
  • Marine salvage - search for lost material of value and recovery thereof
  • Environmental protection - search for environmentally undesirable material and disposal thereof
  • Forensic S&R - search for and recovery of material relevant to police investigations
  • Emergency S&R - Search for and recovery of victims of accidents and disasters
  • Military S&R - Search and recovery related to military operations and material
  • Scientific S&R - search for objects of scientific interest, recovery of instrumentation and samples
  • Preparing a public safety diver for the water

  • Parbuckling a casualty onto the boat

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