Divers Alert Network
| Abbreviation | IDAN |
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| Purpose | Scuba diving safety |
| Headquarters | Durham, North Carolina |
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Region served
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Worldwide, in cooperation with associates.
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| Abbreviation | DAN America |
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| Motto | Prepare Smarter. Dive Smarter. Respond Smarter. |
| Formation | 1980 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) association |
| Purpose | Scuba diving safety |
| Headquarters | Durham, North Carolina |
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Region served
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United States & Canada |
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Membership
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> 230,000 (Feb. 2016) |
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President/CEO
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Bill Ziefle |
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Main organ
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Board Of Directors |
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| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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National Diving Accident Network |
| Abbreviation | DAN Asia-Pacific |
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| Purpose | Scuba diving safety |
| Headquarters | 49A Karnak Road, Ashburton, 3147 |
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Region served
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Australia, China, India, Korea, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia and Taiwan |
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Membership
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10,561 (June 2014) |
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| Abbreviation | DAN Europe |
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| Formation | 1983 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Not for profit European Foundation |
| Purpose | Scuba diving safety |
| Headquarters | C. da Padune 11, |
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Region served
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Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, north-east Africa |
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Membership
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> 100,000 |
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President and Chief Executive
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Prof. Alessandro Marroni. M.D. |
| Affiliations | Founding member of International DAN |
| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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International Diving Assistance (IDA) |
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| Abbreviation | DAN SA |
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| Formation | 17 January 1997 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Section 21 not for profit company |
| Purpose | Scuba diving safety |
| Headquarters | Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Region served
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Africa south of the equator and Indian Ocean islands |
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Membership
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>8000 (Jan 2016) |
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CEO
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Dr. Frans Cronjé |
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Main organ
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Board Of Directors |
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Staff
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Four full time staff, seven on-call diving doctors |
| Website | www |
Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, USA in 1980 at Duke University providing 24/7 telephonic hot-line diving medical assistance. Since then the organization has expanded globally and now has independent regional organizations in North America, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific and Southern Africa.
The DAN group of organizations provide similar services, some only to members, and others to any person on request. Member services usually include a diving accident hot-line, and diving accident and travel insurance. Services to the general public usually include diving medical advice and training in first aid for diving accidents. DAN America and DAN Europe maintain databases on diving accidents, treatment and fatalities, and crowd-sourced databases on dive profiles uploaded by volunteers which are used for ongoing research programmes. They publish research results and collaborate with other organizations on projects of common interest.
DAN has an international network of emergency call centers which operate 24 hours a day to provide members with specialized assistance for diving emergencies from a group of experts in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
In 1977, Undersea Medical Society (later the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society) introduced the concept of a national organization (to replace LEO-FAST at Brooks Air Force Base, directed by Colonel Jefferson Davis, M.D.) where a diving medicine specialist could be contacted by telephone 24 hours a day. Dr. Peter B. Bennett received a two-year grant from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in September 1980 to form the "National Diving Accident Network" at the Frank G. Hall Hyperbaric Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
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