PSDA & Water Rescue Inc. is the largest public safety diving and water rescue organization world wide.

PSDA & Water Rescue training directors are all professional Firefighters, Rescue and Law enforcement officers.

PSDA & WR membership is open to professional, reserve, and volunteer dive & rescue teams and their members. Group and individual membership is available.

Intrested sport diving instructors are welcome to cross over.

Special cross overs and incentives are available to members of other public safety training groups.

PSDA also offers scholarships for training to members of public safety departments. Scholarships are available to Law enforcement, Rescue and Firefighters, both full time and volunteer.

PSDA & Water Rescue has been training public safety divers and water rescue members since 1980. PSDA & Water Rescue was originally the public safety division of IDEA.

PSDA & Water Rescue is now a completely separate organization and specilizes only in the training of public safety divers and water rescue professionals. PSDA & Water Rescue is an autonomous division of IDEA SCUBA Inc. PSDA & WR directors recognized the need for a separate public safety dedicated association. Quality public safety training requires specialized training and complete separation from sport diving and technical SCUBA training. PSDA & Water Rescue is a 100% dedicated public safety organization. Even though PSDA & WR and IDEA are completely separate corporations, PSDA & WR is able to cooperate on a special business level with IDEA SCUBA Inc., their affiliates, World Wide Scuba Inc. and IDEA supply affiliates.

IDEA is a charter member of the RSTC, WRSTC and DEMA. IDEA is the fourth largest SCUBA training agency world wide.

IDEA was established in 1952 as the training committee for the Florida Skin Divers Association Inc. In 1976 the committee was reformed as the International Diving Educators Association(IDEA).

IDEA is the oldest established SCUBA training agency in the world. The first SCUBA training programs were conducted in 1948 in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. FSDA is still active and headquartered in the Tampa Bay area.