Control measure

Responsible person: Waterways incidents

Fire and rescue services should:

Identify and establish arrangements with responsible persons who can provide advice and assistance for waterway incidents
Maintain the details of responsible persons, tactical advisers or specialists for waterway incidents, and know how to request their attendance

Incident commanders should:

Liaise with the responsible person to obtain advice and assistance for dealing with a waterway incident
Consider requesting advice or assistance from tactical advisers or specialists when dealing with a waterway incident

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Responsible person: Waterways incidents	Understand: The agencies that may be present at a waterways incident The information a responsible person or agency may provide at a water transport incident Arrangements for obtaining information about waterways

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Responsible person: Waterways incidents

Understand:

The agencies that may be present at a waterways incident
The information a responsible person or agency may provide at a water transport incident
Arrangements for obtaining information about waterways

You need to know and understand:
You need to know and understand - TO BE ARCHIVED 2182
K Your organisation's procedures in dealing with water related incidents K Your role and responsibilities in dealing with water related incidents
Provide a first response to water based incidents.
K 1 Your organisation's procedures in dealing with water related incidents K 2 Your role and responsibilities in dealing with water related incidents

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Obtain specialist advice to support command decisions at waterways incidents	Demonstrate the ability to: Identify and evaluate specialist advice from a variety of reliable sources Request and use marine tactical advisers at incidents involving inland waterways

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Obtain specialist advice to support command decisions at waterways incidents

Demonstrate the ability to:

Identify and evaluate specialist advice from a variety of reliable sources
Request and use marine tactical advisers at incidents involving inland waterways

You must be able to:
You must be able to: 2172
P Contribute to the control of the incident area to reduce risk to self and others P Identify when the incident is beyond first response and communicate this to the incident commander
Provide a first response to water based incidents.
P 1 Contribute to the control of the incident area to reduce risk to self and others P 7 Identify when the incident is beyond first response and communicate this to the incident commander