1. Help public safety personnel recover drowning victims.

• Expert phone consultations during or after recovery/rescue incidents.
• Find the location of drowning victims with a side-scan sonar team.
• Help recover submerged bodies with a professional dive team or commercial diving company.

2. Disseminate information and work towards the passing of standards and laws to:

• Prevent child and adult drowning in the general public.

• Provide newspapers, magazines, and other forms of media with drowning prevention information.

• Prevent drowning and other water-related injuries among public safety personnel.

• Provide services to fire, police, EMS, and military members of RIPTIDE that include SORTIE magazine, free publications, an information network, and consulting.
• Hold one or more conferences annually to disseminate safety information.

• Provide the general public with information on what to do if they witness a drowning, in order to prevent further injuries and to best help responding public safety personnel.

• Provide publications in the form of workbooks and pamphlets on drowning action procedures.
• Provide newspapers, magazines, and other forms of media with drowning action information.

3. Help bring justice to victims of homicidal drownings and their families.

Conduct research on homicidal drowning incidents.

Disseminate information to law enforcement personnel and agencies regarding drowning investigations.