Practical Operational Considerations

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Practical Operational Considerations

• Jez Hunter MIOSH IRATA L3

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Fire-fighters at Height

• Roof top fire-fighting
• Large vehicle extrication
• Suicide intervention
• Crag, cliff, crane and building rescue
• HP/ALP operation
• Animal rescue
• Non-operational tasks engineering tasks

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Sources of Training Best Practice

• Industry best practice
• IRATA
• PASMA
• Aboriculture Association
• British Standards
• BS79852002 Code of practice for the use of
  rope access methods for industrial purposes
• BS 84372005 Code of practice for selection, use
  and maintenance of personal fall protection
  systems and equipment for use in the workplace
• Fire Service Manual Volume 4 Guidance,
  compliance and Training Framework for Rope
  Working
• Fire Service Manual Volume 2 Rope working
• CFOA WAHR 2005 Guidance for the Fire and Rescue
  Service

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Competence

• Combination of practical and theoretical
  knowledge, experience, skill and judgement
• Test of competence
• Able to assess the risks effectively
• Able to devise and implement a safe system of
  work
• Able to identify and stop dangerous situations

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Safety at Height Training
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Different Ways to Skin a Cat!

• CCFB First Response
• All personnel trained in working at height
• All personnel trained to effect simple team lift
  and lower 2 person rescues
• 2 x Wholetime Specialist Rescue Team capable of
  heavy animal extrication, confined space and
  advanced rescue
• Training delivered by 8 (6 wholetime) SRT
  instructors and audited annually by RIG Systems

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Different Ways to Skin a Cat!

• DFRS call safety at height SHACS
• Training divided into 2 Levels
• All personnel trained to Level 1
• Only IRMP identified Stations trained to Level 2
• Clear link to 2 Specialist Rope Rescue Teams
• SHACS training delivered by 15 SHACS instructors
  (3 of these SRT Instructors)

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SHACS PACK
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DFRS SHACS Level 1

• Level 1 NORMAL capability
• Provide security at height (Restraint and Fall
  Arrest) only if a rescue can be mounted from the
  ground
• Secure casualty until SRT or Level 2 Team arrive
• Provide a simple rescue in conjunction with a 135
  Ladder (replacing lowering using line underfoot
  drill)??
• Level 1 Packs EXCEPTIONAL capability
• Lower a suspended rescuer to the ground

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First Response Level 2

• Level 2 capability carried on IRMP identified
  stations
• Level 2 Packs NORMAL capability
• Facilitate rescuer access into and egress from
  Confined Spaces
• Lower a rescuer to a stricken casualty to render
  first aid and stabilise until SRT arrival
• Level 2 packs EXCEPTIONAL capability
• Undertake a lower rescue with Attendant and
  casualty

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Strategic Synergy

• L Locate Level 1
• A Access Simple Level 1
• Complex Level 2
• S Stabilise Simple Level 2
• Complex SRT
• T Transport SRT

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Specialist Rescue Teams

• Levels of competence
• Technician 4 days training
• Supervisor 5 days further training
• Instructor 5 days further training
• SRTs augmented capability
• Move 2 person loads
• Mount an individual-based rescue
• Advanced casualty packaging

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Reg 6 Hierarchy of Controls

• Avoid
• Hose mounted ALP
• Removing access to jumpers
• Prevent using suitable and sufficient measures
• Use an existing place difficult when responding
  to spontaneous events
• Use an existing means of access this could have
  been structurally undermined
• Select collective prevention measures over
  personal measures eg. guard rails in ALP as
  opposed to restraint lanyards
• Minimise
• Minimise distance and consequences - Nets / Fall
  arrest with anchor point high
• Minimise consequence - Soft Landing Systems /
  Fall Arrest with anchor point low / ALJs
• Provide information, training or other measures
  to minimise effects of a fall

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Individual Fall Prevention and Protection Systems
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Work Restraint

• A specific form of personal fall prevention
  system by which a person is prevented from
  reaching zones where a risk of a fall exists"

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Limitations of Restraint
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Work positioning

• A personal fall protection system that enables
  a user to work while supported in tension or
  suspension in such a way that a fall is prevented
  or restricted"

Max fall less than 0.5m
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Roped Access

• A personal fall protection system that
  specifically uses two static separately secured
  sub-systems one as a means of support and the
  other as a safety back up. This is used to get
  to and from the place of work and to undertake
  work positioning

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Fall Arrest

• A personal fall protection system by which a
  fall is arrested to prevent the collision of the
  user with the ground or structure"

Max fall less than 4m and 6kN
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More flexible than restraint but the flight path
must be clear and the rescue is problematic?
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Life-lining
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Working Safely on Roofs

• Avoid do not fight fire from roof
• Prevent
• Use ALP
• Access using 135/105 ladder with restraint strap
  and top tie off
• Secure roof ladder using tethers
• Rig an anchor line if rapid manoeuvrability is
  required
• Ensure fragile roofs are identified and avoided
  if possible
• Mitigate
• Fall arrest / ALJs
• Information, instruction and training

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PPE and Lifting Equipment Competent Persons

• PPE custodians must be competent to thoroughly
  examine equipment according to an inspection
  schedule.
• They should be aware of
• Legislative requirements
• How and why equipment fails
• How to systematically examine equipment
• How to quarantine, maintain, repair and dispose
• How to record findings (Schedule 7 WAHR and Reg
  10 LOLER)

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Integrating Rescue Capabilities
Individual Rescue
Swiftwater Flood Rescue Awareness
First Response Awareness
Team Rescue
Swiftwater Flood Rescue Safety Officer
Height Safety Officer
Swiftwater Flood Rescue Operator
First Response Operator
Confined Space Training (USAR)
Ropework Operator
Swiftwater Flood Rescue ERB Competent Crew
Moving Water 3D Rescue
PPE / Lifting Equip Competent Person
Swiftwater Flood Rescue Technician
First Response Technician
Ropework Technician
Animal Extrication
Swiftwater Flood Rescue Instructor
First Response Instructor
Ropework Instructor
Structural Anchor Installation Technician
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CPD

• Logbooks linked to IPDS and Electronic Database

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Maintaining skill currency

• Logbooks linked to IPDS and Electronic Database
• Development of Field Operations Guides
• Establishment of consistent currency requirements
• Annual refresher and revalidation training
• Audits, Exercises and CPD opportunities

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Recruit Initial Training
Wholetime Training
Retained Training Session 1
Retained Training Session 2
Retained Training Session 3
CPD 1
CPD 2
Technician or Instructor
CPD
CPD 3
AUDIT
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BSc Technical Rescue
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Summary

• WAHR is not new, we just need to carry on
  applying best practice
• An organisation-wide solution is the most
  effective in order to standardise technology,
  methodology and competencies
• Techniques are constantly evolving networks are
  increasingly valuable

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