Ohio Homeland Security
 Ohio Response System
Water Rescue Technical Advisory Committee

Regional Water Rescue Capability and Resource Identification Survey

 

Please complete the information below and Click the Submit button at the bottom.

* Indicates required information
1) *Water/ Dive / Ice rescue team name or representative agency:
 
2) *County or counties your team resides in, or provides service to:
 
3) Primary point of contact for your team:
  *Name:       Rank:
  *Phone: (include area code)                    Alternate Phone: (include area code)
  *Email:  
  Please supply a valid email address to submit properly, e.g.: ASmith@aol.com)
4) Do you have an organized water / dive / ice rescue or recovery team?
Yes   No
5) Does your team have written SOPs / SOGs and operate using the Incident Command System?
Yes   No
6) How many people does your team have on its roster? 
7) How many people on your team have a State EMT certification? 
8) How many people on your team have a State Paramedic certification? 
9) Is your team equipped and capable for operational periods of at least 18 hours?
Yes   No
10) Is your team equipped and capable for operational periods of at least 24 hours?
Yes   No
11) How many personnel within your team or agency are trained to the following standards in regards to
water / dive / ice rescue or recovery:
  a) NFPA 1670 water rescue awareness level?
      none    some    most    all
  b) NFPA 1670 water rescue operations level?
     none    some    most    all
  c) NFPA 1670 water rescue technician level?
    none    some    most    all
12) Who has the certifying training agency been for your team?
13) What is the standard training curriculum your team uses?
14) Please identify if your team members possess any of the following training:
  a) Class 3 paddle skills
    none    some    most    all
  b) Contact and self-rescue skills
  none    some    most    all
  c) Hazardous materials awareness level training
  none    some    most    all
  d) Hazardous materials operations level training
  none    some    most    all
  e) Hazardous materials technician level training
  none    some    most    all
  f) Helicopter operations awareness
  none    some    most    all
  g) Incident Command training; I-100 or equivalent
  none    some    most    all
  h) Incident Command training; I-200 or equivalent or higher
  none    some    most    all
  i) Swiftwater rescue technician
  none    some    most    all
  j) Technical rope rescue - operations level
  none    some    most    all
  k) Technical rope rescue - technician level
  none    some    most    all
  l) 80 hours or more of formal public safety diver training
  none    some    most    all
  m) 60 hours or more of formal public safety diver training
  none    some    most    all
  n) Ice diving training
  none    some    most    all
  o) Salvage diving training
  none    some    most    all
  p) Training in evidence collecting
  none    some    most    all
15) How many of your team members can provide:
  a) Advanced Life Support
  none    some    most    all
  b) Advanced first aid and CPR
  none    some    most    all
16) Is your team equipped with the following communications equipment:
  a) Portable radios with spare batteries
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  b) Cell phone(s)
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  c) Headsets
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  d) Aircraft radio or aircraft communications capabilities
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  e) Hardwired communications equipment
  Yes   No    Quantity:
17) Does your team have the following medical equipment or supplies available to them when
 they respond to an incident:
  a) Emergency blankets
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  b) BLS medical kit
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  c) Stokes litter or comparable device
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  d) Back board with straps and cervical immobilization equipment
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  e) ALS medical equipment
  Yes   No    Quantity:
18) Is your team equipped with the following personal equipment:
  a) Signal flares
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  b) Markers
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  c) Chemical light sticks
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  d) Storage bags / gear bags for PPE
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  e) Water rescue style gloves
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  f) Water rescue style helmets
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  g) Personal flotation devices - Type III
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  h) Personal flotation devices - Type IV
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  i) Personal flotation devices - Type V
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  j) Other style life vests
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  k) Throw bags or similar devices
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  l) Knives and/or multi purpose shears
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  m) Water rescue style shoes / boots / footwear
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  n) Emergency whistles
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  o) River style swim fins
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  p) Flashlights / personal hand lights
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  q) Wetsuits
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  r) Dry suits
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  s) Headlamps
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  t) Helicopter emergency escape device (HEED) equipment
  Yes   No    Quantity:
19) Does your team have the following watercraft or boats:
  a) Non-Powered, inflatable rafts or similar
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  b) Powered inflatable boat
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  c) Powered RIB (ridgid hulled, inflatable boat)
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  d) Powered metal-hulled or flat-bottom boat
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  e) Powered personal watercraft (PWCs)
  Yes   No    Quantity:
20) Does your team have the following SCUBA and/or dive equipment:
  a) SCUBA gear w/spare cylinders
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  b) Surface supplied air system
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  c) Buoyancy compensator
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  d) Weight belts w/various weights
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  e) (2) Cutting tools per diver
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  f) Chest harness and snap shackle
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  g) Underwater communications
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  h) Full face masks
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  i) Dry suits
  Yes   No    Quantity:
  j) Search lines
  Yes   No    Quantity:
21) Does your team possess the capability to provide low-risk, land-based operations?
  Yes   No  
22) Does your team possess the capability to provide hazardous materials support at the operational level?
  Yes   No  
23) Does your team possess the capability to provide BLS medical treatment?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
24) Does your team possess the capability to provide ALS medical treatment?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
25) Does your team possess the capability to assist in search operations?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
26) Does your team possess the capability to manage search operations?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
27) Does your team possess the capability to conduct or assist in animal rescue operations?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
28) Does your team possess the capability to conduct or assist with helicopter rescue operations?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
29) Does your team have trained powered boat operators?
  Yes   No    # of trained members:
30) Does your team have communications support capabilities?
  Yes   No
31) Does your team have logistics support capabilities?
  Yes   No
32) Does your team have in-water, contact rescue capabilities?
  Yes   No
33) Does your team have technical rope rescue equipment and operational capabilities?
  Yes   No
34) Does your team have dive rescue/recovery capabilites?
  Yes   No
35) Does your team have ice rescue capabilites?
  Yes   No
36) Does your team have ice diving capabilites?
  Yes   No
37) If your dept was given funding for training would you prefer
  In house train the trainer
Third party training
38) If the state provided training would you prefer
  In house train the trainer
Third party training
  Additional Comments:
 
   

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