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Practical
Operational
Considerations
Jez Hunter MIOSH
IRATA L3
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Fire-fighters at Height
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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
– BS7985:2002 – Code of practice for the use of rope access
methods for industrial purposes
– BS 8437:2005 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
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Service
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!
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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
1. L
2. A
3. S
4. T
Locate
Access Simple –
Complex –
Stabilise Simple –
Complex –
Transport
Level 1
Level 1
Level 2
Level 2
SRT
SRT
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Specialist Rescue Teams
• Levels of competence
– Technician –
– Supervisor –
– Instructor –
4 days training
5 days further training
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
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
Swiftwater Flood
Rescue Operator
Swiftwater Flood
Rescue ERB
Competent Crew
First Response
Awareness
Height Safety
Officer
First Response
Operator
Individual Rescue
Swiftwater Flood
Rescue Safety
Officer
Team Rescue
Swiftwater Flood
Rescue
Awareness
Ropework
Operator
Moving Water 3D
Rescue
Confined Space
Training (USAR)
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
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
Technician
or
Instructor
CPD 2
CPD 3
AUDIT
CPD
BSc Technical Rescue
STAGE 1
Semester 1
STAGE 2
Semester 2
Semester 1
Semester 2
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Management of Confined Space-related Incidents (20)
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Risk Management for Safety Critical Environments (20)
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Management of Urban Search and Rescue (20)
DFRS
Training Strategy Development, Implementation and Review (20)
Duchy College
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Industrial Placement (20)
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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