Submerged person tool
Date: 04/02/2025
Product type: Fire Control Guidance
Product area: Emergency call management: People at risk
File: Calls from or about people at risk - Water pdf - 62.77kb
JESIP have developed a new multi-agency submerged person tool for water rescue and have issued a JOL action note for its implementation.
The survivability model for water rescue, which supports joint decision-making with other emergency services or rescue organisations that are in attendance, has been updated and renamed. This required changes to the relevant hazard and control measures, which have now been approved by the NFCC Operational Preparedness, Response and Resilience Committee.
This change impacts the hazard Calls from or about people at risk: Water and the control measure Situational awareness: Submerged person.
The changes have now been uploaded to the Fire Control Guidance and Training Specification for Emergency call management: People at risk. This has involved the deletion, rewording and addition of some strategic actions, which will be reflected in the Strategic Gap Analysis tool.
For your assurance, the content developed has been reviewed by a NARU representative and a HEMS doctor, both of whom had been working alongside JESIP for the development of the submerged person tool.
Attached is a PDF version of the affected hazard and control measures prior to the changes for your comparison purposes.