Divers assigned to the Air Sea Rescue Unit are trained under public safety rescue diver guidelines specific to Chicago’s needs and particular environment.
The Air Sea Rescue Unit was established in 1965, where they provide search and rescue services for 37 miles of lakefront, an extensive river system, numerous lakefront venues, and the largest harbor system in the U.S. Chicago’s busy lakefront offers the Air Sea Rescue Unit unique emergency challenges including, assistance to boats in distress, water rescues and air search missions. Our pilots are
02/26/2022
CBS 2 Takes A Look At Chicago Fire Department’s Special Operations Scuba Team Rescue Training Who could forget the pictures of a college student stuck 1500 feet out on icy Lake Michigan. He wandered onto the lake not realizing how much danger he was in, but he was lucky
11/18/2020
05/30/2020
Flashback Friday . Over a century of CFD diving. Eastland tragedy (Chicago River ) 1915 to present day .
05/28/2020
Take a moment today to remember Juan Bucio and his family. Two years ago Juan gave the ultimate sacrifice attempting to save another. Gone but never forgotten!
05/22/2020
Flashback Friday , then and now .
05/18/2020
Throw back Friday . Old school diver
03/08/2020
ASR 687 Spring Training
11/11/2019
Happy Veterans Day🇺🇸Thank you for your service!
681 dropping divers and a raft during a drill at Chicago’s Marine Safety Station
01/30/2019
Colin Hinkle on Twitter “2PM CHICAGO - VIDEO - Man in red coat is rescued by the Chicago Fire Department scuba team after he ends up out in Lake Michigan on a break front on the coldest day of the year so far after walking across the ice. https://t.co/PzyMO26h7L”