Dan Orr, President of Dan Orr Consulting, has been diving for over 60 years, since JFK was in the White House.
He created a college-level diver education program at Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio), was an Associate Diving Safety Officer (DSO) at Florida State University, and retired as President of Divers Alert Network (DAN) where he helped focus its worldwide diving safety mission.
He has published, co-authored and contributed to more than a dozen books and manuals including:
- 101 Tips for Recreational Divers
- Scuba Diving Safety
- Diving Science-Revisited
- A Pocket Guide to First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
- A Pocket Guide for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
- The NOAA Diving Manual and
- The DAN Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Training Manual
Dan has also published over 200 articles including:
- The Normalization of Deviance (aka Shortcut
Mentality) - Time to Return to Diving but Cautiously
- COVID-19, Local Diving and The Older Diver
- The Ageless Diver
- A Crisis Lurking Below the Surface––Emergency
Hyperbaric Chamber Availability - Diving Safety Is Good Business and
- Open-Circuit Diver Fatalities
Dan has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international diver conferences and conducts regular webinars for global audiences on diving safety subjects.
Dan Orr’s presentation at the Marin Scuba Club on October 9, 2024
Dan Orr
Dan has been honored by his peers by being the recipient of many prestigious awards and is a member of the Explorers Club and a member of the Hall of Fame for Disabled Divers, the Diving Industry Hall of Fame, and the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.
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