Tim Andro

Tim is the founder, owner, and head certifying instructor of Northeast Public Safety Divers. Tim began diving in 2005 and became in SDI and ERDI instructor in 2015. Over the course of his extensive dive career, Tim has accrued over 100 individual dive certifications and logged over 4,000 dives to depths over 200'. Tim is also an active firefighter (since 1999) and public safety diver on the Mahwah Fire and Rescue Co #1 Dive Rescue team, where he is also the Coordinator of that team since 2015. In his position as coordinator, Tim has commanded dive operations for the FBI, US Coast Guard, NY & NJ Port Authority Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and numerous other smaller jurisdictions. His expertise is widely recognized in the public safety dive community where he has been a speaker at numerous dive conferences and has received the ERDI "Outstanding Instructor Award" for 2016, 2017, and 2018.

ERDI Full PSD 4-Day Program July 8, 9, 22, & 23rd, 2023 Open Enrollment

This is our full PSD program covering ERDI 1, Tender, Full-Face mask, and Drysuit. You can take one part or all parts, this program is open enrollment until all spots are filled. Registration will close on June 23, 2023 to allow enough time for students to complete E-learning requirements. https://www.facebook.com/events/610499293842490/610499897175763 Course Schedule:July 8th: ClassroomJuly 9th: …

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TRP- NePSD ERDI 5-Day PSD Program

We are heading to Massachusetts to run This seven day program was special designed for TRP to provide veterans with the training needed to pursue a career in public safety diving. Please contact https://thetrp.org/ direct for more information on how to get involved, NePSD is not responsible for registration or vetting to be qualified for …

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John Bota

John is one of NePSD’s lead instructors and started his public safety career as a firefighter in 1985. John started his diving career in 2012 as “something to do with my son and daughter to stay connected”. This proved to not be enough, and they promised to get a new certification each year. In 2014 John joined the Parsippany Rescue and Recovery Squad and became a public safety diver in 2017. John’s dedication to the craft of public safety diving led him to be the dive coordinator for his team since 2018 and now shares this passion with his daughter Alexis who is the assistant dive coordinator.

John’s role at NePSD has been unmatched since the beginning!! We have no words to describe his passion and dedication to our students and bettering himself as a diver. Besides being a UCI commander, Dive instructor for multiple agencies, and a major contributor to NePSD John has also run boat operations, logistics, staging and dive operations for not only our local jurisdiction but also for the FBI, US Coast Guard, NY and NJ Port Authority, and The Royal Canada Mounted Police.

Eric Moritz

Since starting his diving career Eric has dedicated himself to bettering himself as a diver in any way he can. Besides becoming a UCI commander, Dive instructor for multiple agencies, and a major contributor to NePSD, Eric and Tim also designed the consulting program based off the experiences they have had rebuilding not only Mahwah’s dive teams but many others throughout the US and Canada. This dedication to our craft of being a PSD has led Eric to be a major fixture within the command structure of the Mahwah dive team and the Bergen County dive taskforce. He has also run boat Opps, rigging Opps, extractions of all types, logistics, staging and dive operations for not only our local jurisdiction but also for the FBI, US Coast Guard, NY and NJ Port Authority, and The Royal Canada Mounted Police.

Tim Andro Named ERDI 2023 Ambassador

Our founder Tim Andro was selected as ERDI’s 2023 Ambassador https://www.tdisdi.com/erdi-news/2023-erdi-ambassadors/ and says, ” All of us at NePSD really appreciate the opportunity to be ambassadors for 2023 and look forward to helping our PSD family”. All of us at NePSD are dedicated to providing our students with the best opportunities of training and ERDI …

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Tim Andro

Tim is the founder, owner, and head certifying instructor of Northeast Public Safety Divers.

He has almost 20 years of recreational and technical dive experience, including Advanced Trimix and Closed-Circuit Rebreather with depths over 200’, and has logged over 3,500 dives (including over 800 deco dives).

He has also been a firefighter for 22 years, 12 of those as a public safety diver, and is the current Dive Coordinator for Mahwah Fire & Rescue Co #1 since 2015, and the current President of the North Jersey Regional SCUBA Task Force since 2019. Tim has run dive operations for the FBI, US Coast Guard, NY and NJ Port Authority Police, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta, and numerous other smaller jurisdictions throughout NY & NJ.

His expertise is widely recognized in the public safety dive community where he has been a requested speaker at numerous dive conferences and seminars, as well as a requested consultant on emerging dive standards.

Tim was awarded The Medal Of Valor in 2011 by the Northwest Bergen Mutual Aid Association for rescuing two victims from the Ramapo River during Hurricane Irene. Tim has received the ERDI “Outstanding Instructor Award” for 2016, 2017, 2018 and is the 2023 ERDI Ambassador!

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