December 13, 2024 – DAN Europe, the global diving safety organisation, is taking action to support Members who were affected by recent liveaboard incidents, including the tragic Sea Story sinking in the Red Sea. The organisation has implemented specific initiatives to address the impact of those events on its Members.
MPA4Change is our latest commitment to enhance the role of Marine Protected Areas and restoration as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.
New Jersey, 25th March 2024 - DAN Europe’s Exec. Vice President Laura Marroni has just been inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF), in recognition of her efforts to promote diving safety.
Valletta, Malta, 3 January 2024 - After six years of inception and three years since its official launch, the pioneering Bachelor of Science in Diving Safety Management proudly presented its inaugural graduates.
We have introduced a new service allowing DAN Europe Members to call the emergency hotline also via the Internet.
Introducing the all-new Alert Diver magazine, designed to make it easier and more enjoyable to explore expert content focused on divers' health and safety.
In the year DAN Europe celebrates four decades assisting divers, we launched a contest among all Members turning 40, just like us.
To celebrate DAN Europe’s 40th Anniversary, we’ve created a simple tool to help you share your love of diving! Isn’t that what it's all about?
7 Aprile 2023 - Il Decreto Ministeriale 02/09/2021 in materia di formazione antincendio ha modificato radicalmente le caratteristiche necessarie per operare come formatore antincendio, imponendo precisi prerequisiti di accesso degli aspiranti formatori.
We are thrilled to announce some exciting new features to our services.
Düsseldorf, 21st January 2023 - Mark Caney, the President of the EUF (European Underwater Federation), awarded Professor Alessandro Marroni with the 2023 EUF Lavanchy Award at the BOOT 2023 show.
Inspired by the past, projected into the future. We look forward to working with Members, diving organisations, and the community, to keep making diving safer in the next 40 years.
During the second edition of DAN Europe's Sustainable Tour, our team travelled around UK and Ireland to raise awareness among the diving community about the threat of Ocean Acidification.
You can save a life!
Every 16th of October, national resuscitation councils across Europe hold various national events to champion the goals of Restart a Heart Day. It’s the right time to learn more about CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Organised by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the event intends to raise awareness about cardiac arrest and help people to learn CPR, providing them life-saving skills and the confidence to use them.
The following is a statement from our insurance subsidiary, IDA Insurance Limited, addressed to all those DAN Europe Members (resident and tourist divers, dive professionals, and dive businesses) visiting or operating in Cyprus.
June 9th 2022 - DAN (Divers Alert Network) Europe is thrilled to announce the start of a new partnership with the Midlands Diving Chamber. DAN Europe members with declared residency in the UK can now rely on a new National Emergency Hotline number: 07931 472 602.
In occasione della Giornata Mondiale degli Oceani, l’8 giugno l’isola d’Elba diventerà la base operativa di sub da tutta Europa, coinvolti in un progetto di scienza collaborativa per raccogliere dati sulle variazioni ambientali nel Mediterraneo.
Promuovere lo sviluppo della subacquea scientifica è l’obiettivo del Progetto Europeo ScienceDiver. Il corso è rivolto a studenti e laureati in discipline scientifiche, ricercatori scientifici subacquei dei prossimi anni, che dovranno affrontare sfide sempre più impegnative nel panorama globale legato allo studio dei cambiamenti climatici e all’esplorazione dei fondali marini.
Infinita bellezza del nostro mare ed aree marine protette, ma anche, vulnerabilità, impatti dei cambiamenti climatici, comunità locali, ricerca e possibilità di adattamento: questi i temi di una serie di brevi video destinati ai canali social, che a partire dal prossimo primo marzo 2022 saranno presentati dai progetti Interreg Med, MPA Engage e MPA Networks.
A new guideline for determining fitness to dive based on the type and severity of symptoms.
DAN Europe Training è felice di annunciare la pubblicazione del nuovo modulo didattico DAN BVM (Bag-Valve-Mask), studiato per fornire le conoscenze base e le abilità pratiche necessarie per utilizzare correttamente un Sistema Pallone Autoespandibile - Maschera di Rianimazione.
DAN Europe and Azoth System have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a new collaboration focusing on data collection in the field of recreational diving.
It will have you singing (in) the blues
DAN Europe proudly supports DIVE PROJECT CORNWALL, a programme which aims to inform hundreds of thousands of young people and millions of adults about the importance of our oceans and raise awareness of the impact that the ocean has on human life itself, and how our very own existence depends on it.
The International School of Diving Safety and Medicine inaugurate their new premises.
Un gruppo di giovanissimi studenti, un'isola dai fondali unici ed un programma innovativo che parla di citizen science e protezione ambientale. Sono questi gli elementi caratterizzanti della Seiko Summer Class, che si svolgerà dal 1° al 4 settembre 2021 sull'isola di Ustica, vera e propria capitale delle attività e scienze legate al mare.
August 2nd 2021 - We're thrilled to announce that a new mobile App has just been launched by DAN Europe Training and is now ready for download.
Lugano, August 2nd, 2021 - The Swiss Lifesaving Society (SSS) - Lugano Section has been awarded with one of the highest recognitions in the field of underwater safety.
Before undertaking any diving activity, from try dives to dive courses and programmes, dive excursions or explorations, all divers will be asked by the diving centre to fill in some documents.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESUMING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO A HYPERBARIC ENVIRONMENT IN SUBJECTS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.