Membership Information and T&Cs
Terms and Conditions
- You are signing up for a 12 month membership which is renewable annually and may only be cancelled at the end of the 12 month period.
- Monthly debit orders are debited on the 1st of every month unless the 1st falls over a weekend. In this case your bank account will be debited on the Friday preceding the 1st of the month.
- If you select either the monthly or annual debit order payment option you will be required to fill in and sign the debit order mandate.
- You will be billed by the DAN Shop for your membership purchase which requires an immediate payment thereafter by the payment option you have chosen.
- Annual debit order members as well as credit card and instant EFT paying members will be notified 2 months before their membership is about to lapse.
- It remains the member's responsibility to notify DAN if your Next of Kin's details change.
- It is a requirement of your membership that you familiarize yourself with the Annual Benefits guides found here: https://www.dansa.org/annual-benefits
- The Annual Membership Guide is a downloadable document that is available at checkout.
Membership Information
DAN members have a passion for the water, a quest for knowledge and love of community. They love being part of something bigger. You can join nearly 500,000 divers worldwide and experience valuable benefits to make you a safer, smarter diver. Divers Alert Network (DAN) is the world’s most recognised and respected dive safety organisation comprised of dive professionals and medical experts dedicated to supporting divers. Through research, medical services, educational programs and global response initiatives For over 20 years, DAN has created an extensive network capable of providing divers around the world with vital services. Everyday divers rely upon DAN for dive safety information and health guidance. They know that in event of emergency, we’ll be there for them - no matter where adventure takes them. For over 20 years DAN has been helping divers and we will continue to cultivate a culture of dive safety! Join DAN today and be part of the largest dive safety community.
Three reasons why people join DAN
CALL & ASSIST
Most divers realise that diving is an adventure sport that may result in injuries as such they want the peace of mind that, in case of a diving emergency, there is a 24-hour hotline to call with membership benefits for the medical services they will need.
COST SAVING
DAN membership is not expensive by most standards. Diving medical advice is offered free of charge and is available 24/7/365. Membership benefits include diving medical and travel-related cover that are also extremely affordable and very competitive. DAN members also have access to discounts on safety and educational materials.
CULTURE OF CARE
Many
divers like being part of an organisation that is so obviously
committed towards their safety. Apart from being available as a
diving emergency and diving-medical-information line, DAN is always
actively campaigning for safety, initiating and supporting safety
initiatives, and finding practical ways to make diving safer and more
enjoyable.
DAN is a very personal organisation. Callers
quickly learn that DAN is not an “institution”; it is a living
and vibrant organisation. In many ways, DAN members feel that they
are becoming part of a “family” who look out for one another –
“divers helping divers” as we always like to say.
So,
many divers just seem to like the idea of being part of something
worthwhile and they are willing to give up some of their
discretionary income to be a part of it.
That being said,
it is also common knowledge that DAN offers top-rated services and
has an exceptional network of experienced diving medical
professionals. One call to the DAN hotline and divers find
themselves talking to a professional diving doctor who “speaks
their language”. This is truly something special. With access to
so many like-minded people, DAN is able to arrange evacuation by
land, sea or sky if required and help injured divers gain access to
specialised medical treatment facilities such as recompression
chambers.
In
a nutshell! DAN members help support a 24-hour hotline. This hotline
offers access to specialists trained in diving medicine and is freely
available to members with a diving-related query. The DAN hotline can
be called 24/7/365 by a member worldwide in the event of a dive
emergency. DAN membership subscription contributes towards the
24-hour emergency and information line. The emergency and
diving-medical-information line is freely available to DAN members.
So members can call for medical advice on any topic to do with diving
or ask to be referred to a health professional knowledgeable in
diving medicine.
Why join DAN?
When you support DAN, you support the organisation’s ongoing efforts to reduce dive injuries and improve first response and medical treatment. One hundred percent of DAN’s profits are reinvested in research, medical services and programs that make diving safer for all divers. As a diver, you need DAN and DAN needs you. DAN offers comprehensive plans that provide protection and peace-of-mind in the event of a dive accident for far less than the cost of an unplanned event. DAN’s dive accident cover plans are recognised worldwide coverage of up to R800,000 and paying 100% of eligible expenses.
Primary medical insurance
It
is true that some primary medical insurance include cover for diving
injuries. However, divers who have tried to go this route soon
discover that it is not easy to work with a primary medical insurance
when trying to organise an emergency evacuation for a diving injury.
That is simply not the time to discover that your medical aid is not
able to assist you in getting the most appropriate treatment or
advice. Their convenient 0800 toll-free number doesn’t work in
Zanzibar and even in South Africa, working your way through a
multi-prompt menu from a cell phone is not what you need in a crisis.
Also, getting documented authorisations takes time and nearly all
private emergency service providers now insist on a written Guarantee
of Payment (GOP) before responding. That is not surprising given that
most aeromedical evacuations in Africa come in at R200 000 or more
and even evacuations by ambulance approach R20 000 plus when advanced
life support services are involved. Evacuations are costly.
Recompression, on the other hand, is not that expensive in Africa. In
the rest of the World, it may set you back about R100 000. However,
if evacuation and hospitalisation are called for, the costs can be
very high.
As a DAN member, all these concerns disappear.
One number and you have all the help and cover you need for a diving
emergency. The travel and medical benefits are an added bonus, but
don’t tear up your primary medical insurance card just yet. So,
should a diver have primary medical insurance or be a DAN member? A
diver should be both!