Water rescue response

[1696]

I am looking for information on water rescue responses. Can anyone give me their standard response for a water/river rescue? I am looking for total units (or personnel), are divers dispatched immediately or do they have to be requested extra, and how many boats respond. I am also looking for water rescue SOPS/SOGS if anyone is willing to share. Please contact me @ 1696@9-11.com. Thanks guys

[This message has been edited by 1696 (edited July 26, 2000).]

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[FFCode3EMT]

Our response is our Heavy Rescue truck with the water sled and a Medic unit. Since we don't have a dive team, they are automatically mutual aided (there are 2 within 5-10 minutes and 1 within 30 minutes) and the helicopter is put on standby.

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**The preceding comments in no way represent the views of my department, its members, or associations that it may belong to.**

[SBFire333]

Our standard response would be a general alarm assingnment with our boat. Also we have a MABAS system set up in our county in which we would also pull an alarm and get boats and divers from all over the county. Approx. 12 boats-3 man crews and about 10 divers. So we have a very good response.....

[jtrhoover]

There are alot of variables with water rescues. You really should contact Dive Rescue International or Rescue3 and look into their training. The amount of manpower is greatly influenced by conditions and equipment available. Denver FD use to deploy 10 companies to put their Zodiac in swift water. Now they use a raft made by OCEANID called the Fortuna which can be deployed by 1 company. The best advice I can give you is to contact a professional training company and set up a good SOP. Don't skimp on equipment. It is amazing what a department will spend of a ladder truck, which might get used once every few years, but tries to go cheap on water equipment which keeps their rescuers safe and saves victims lives.

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[Engine58]

When we do water responses...EX: jumper off a bridge which 95% of the time we get...We have 2 ambulance squads and each squad covers half the borough...so when we get an alarm for a Boat call...we dispatch 2 Ambulances..both with a crew of 3..4 at the most...So the Crew that is transporting the ambulance goes on the boat. and the other rig stands by on land for when they bring in the victim...but 98% of the time we are calling for the M.E. (medical examiner)....also State Marine Police and Coast Guard get automatically dispatched for any type of water calls.If we do need another boat we call the 2nd half of the borough and they bring there Light Rescue truck with the boat.

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Andrew
South Amboy, New Jersey
EMS Cadet in NJ
"EMTS DON'T DIE THEY JUST STABILIZE"