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The
Frazer Amiss
Underwater Search Unit
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Memorial Trust
© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
This presentation is intended to give a brief overview of the aims and current status of the Frazier Amiss Memorial trust.
Please feel free to copy and distribute in whole.
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Presentation covers:
• Background
• Team
• Call out
• Equipment
• Training
• Risk Assessment
• Diving operations
• Search and recovery
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
15 year old Frazer
Drown whilst swimming in Powell's pool Sutton park
Father and mother stayed with him all night
His Father made several attempts to recover him
It took 19 hours before the underwater unit entered the water
It took Just 20 minutes to recover him
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Formation
The “Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust”
Formed to raise funds to support a Unit that will search for and
recover, victims of drowning in and around Sutton Park
Structure:
Chairman
President
Manager
Treasurer
Morris Hornton
Andrew Mitchel MP
Darren Amiss
Julie Amiss
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Formation
The Dive Unit
Local divers contacted by the trust
A supervisory team was put together
and evolved as time went by
After a long start-up period unit is formed with divers from several local clubs
Some of the dive team bring other skills
Doctors, Firemen, Undertakers, Engineers, etc
All work quietly and supportively as a team
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Team
Current team comprises:
• 4 Supervisors
• 8 Divers
• 9 Building up experience
• 23 Total
• Increasing to 30 in the future
• Qualifications/ experience
• BSAC Sport to First class (CMAS 2 to 4 star)
• 4 BSAC instructor trainers
• Doctors, Nurses, Police, Fire etc© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Call Out
Similar to Cave/ RNLI
• Call made to whole team
• Controlled by Senior supervisor
• Team built from available resource
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Equipment
In order to maintain diver safety and the efficiency of the Unit, the following equipment has been acquired.
•Divator MK II Full Face Mask
•12lt cylinder and 3lt Pony
•Bell Jacket, incl integrated weights
•Switching block
•60m Umbilical Asynchronous communications system
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© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Training
Recommended by the Nautical Archaeological Society
Peter Pritchard of Pritchard Diving Services
•Professional Diving Contractor
•Former Military and Police Diver/ Supervisor
•Multinational Military and Police Trainer, including some American parks Units.
•Dive supervisor for National Geographic
•NAS Supervisor/ trainer
•Compiles training courses
•Etc.
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Training
This has been long and involved, covering
• Equipment / Concepts of barrier diving
• Communications (umbilical and rope signals)
• Tendering
• Safety
• Search patterns
• Operating in ZERO visibility and at night
• Dealing with Police and civil authorities
• Incident type identification and resolution
• Dive supervision
• Site and diver security
• Basic Forensics and Sample taking© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
Barrier Diving
Ensures Diver
cannot come into
contact with
contaminants
Built in boots
Seals at neck
and wrists
Dry zip
Positive
Pressure
Full Face Mask
Ensures any break
in seals will not
allow water ingress
Dry Hood
Dry Gloves
Barrier Diving
Bell Jacket gives extra body protection
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Dry suit
Communications
MicrophoneSpeaker
Umbilical
Attached to gated
carabineer.
Used for rope pull
communications
if voice fails
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Additional Safety
2 independent gas supplies
Diver attached to umbilical
Quick release weights
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Gas switch
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Search and recovery
Current training
•Jack stay search
• Divers locate the victim, then return to shore
• Liaise with emergency services on recovery (Forensics etc)
• Cover Underwater if possible
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Jack stay search
DiverDiver
Diver
The Jack stay search is inefficient
The diver will cover the same area twice
However, its inefficiency makes it very thorough
On extended searches, it is very important to be able to exclude an area
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View of search
area
from
surface
Jack Stay search
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Ongoing training:
Each diver must perform 10 hours of post course
underwater training, before they are assessed by PDS.
After this they must maintain their training
Blackroot pool 3rd Weekend of the month.
Now extending to all pools in Sutton Park.
•RISK ASSEMENT
•3 Types
•Generic
•Site Specific
•Current (on the day)© 2008 FAMT and G.Asson
Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
Diving operations:
•ALL divers are tendered
•Standby Diver
•Tender operates via check list and reports to supervisor
•Communications logs dives
•Dive Supervisor controls ALL aspects of diving operations
•Incident/ project manager on extended search
•Minimum team size 5/ 6
•If Supervisor = Communications
•This is at the discretion of the Dive supervisor
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Divers are always tendered
No diver enters the water without a safety diver and tender
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Frazer Amiss Memorial Trust Underwater Search Unit
We hope this presentation has given a brief overview of the aims and current status of the Frazier Amiss Memorial trust.
If you have any questions please direct them to trust who will be please answer them.
We thank you for you time
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