
Hazard
Lack of co-ordinated search plan: Water rescue
Hazard Knowledge
Personnel may be called to incidents where people are missing and are known to or may have entered a body of water. Whether a person is deemed missing or lost will also influence the response. The following categories apply:
Type | Description |
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Missing – event witnessed | When a person or people are not seen to reach a point of safety. Typically, this would be considered a high-risk event for the missing person. Examples include individuals who are seen being swept away by water flow or a car seen to be washed away when driving through water. |
Missing – event not witnessed | When a missing person or people should be found in a particular location, but for some reason they are not there or cannot be confirmed as being there. This may occur because of their own actions, or because of a failure in communications (e.g. telephone signal failure). Considerable effort may be needed to locate a missing person. This will normally be undertaken by the police. |
Lost | These are people in a location of relative safety but not aware of their precise location or unable to provide it. Some effort is required to find out where they are before carrying out a rescue or evacuation. |
Knowledge and understanding
Hazard | Learning outcome |
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Lack of co-ordinated search plan: Water rescue | Understand all associated hazard knowledge |
- Control measureSpecialist resource: Water rescue and flooding
- Control measureMulti-agency working: Water rescue and flooding