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Highlands and Islands Airports HOVERCRAFT Provision of Facilities and Recovery Plan Produced by: Chief Fire Officer February 2009 Contents 1. Introduction and Background................................................................................................. 3 2. The Regulatory Requirement ................................................................................................. 3 3. DAL Compliance with the Regulatory Requirements and Guidance. ..................................... 4 3.2 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ............................................................................ 5 3.3 Training ........................................................................................................................... 5 3.4 Communications............................................................................................................. 6 3.5 Emergency Lighting ........................................................................................................ 7 4. Stakeholder Interaction .......................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Maritime Coastguard Agency ......................................................................................... 7 4.2 Royal National Lifeboat Institute .................................................................................... 7 4.3 Fire and Rescue Authorities............................................................................................ 8 5. Rescue Equipment .................................................................................................................. 8 6. Multiagency "Invergowrie" Response Plan Workshop .......................................................... 8 APPENDIX A - Water Rescue Craft Provision - DUNDEE ............................................................... 10 A1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 10 A2 ASSIGNED SURVEY & ASSESSMENT TEAM ....................................................................... 10 A3 TERMS OF REFERENCE ...................................................................................................... 10 A4 GUIDANCE ........................................................................................................................ 10 A5 FINDINGS .......................................................................................................................... 11 A6 OBSERVATIONS................................................................................................................. 11 A7 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS................................................................................................ 13 HAZARD LOG – DND Hovercraft Operations............................................................................. 14 APPENDIX B .................................................................................................................................. 16 Invergowrie Bay Hazards .......................................................................................................... 16 APPEDIX C ..................................................................................................................................... 19 A Fit for Purpose Alternative .................................................................................................... 19 APPENDIX D .................................................................................................................................. 20 The Beaufort Wind Scale .......................................................................................................... 20 PROVISION OF HOVERCRAFT AT DUNDEE AIRPORT 1. Introduction and Background 1.1 In January 2009 the Airport Fire Service undertook a Safety Survey of the Hovercraft operation at Dundee Airport. The survey identified a number of safety issues and operational deficiencies. The safety survey is attached to this document at appendix A. 1.2 The purpose of this report is to describe the existing facilities available to facilitate the needs within the 1000 metre response area in Invergowrie Bay and sets out the recovery process that demonstrates the policies, equipment, and procedures are safe and fit for purpose. 1.3 For the past 15 years Dundee Airport limited (DAL) has made available a Griffin 375 Hovercraft. The primary role of the craft is to deploy life saving equipment in the area of Invergowrie Bay to the west of the airport. 2. The Regulatory Requirement 2.1 The regulatory requirement is such that the licensee is expected to assess the level of risk associated with the operation and demonstrate that reasonably practicable measures have been taken to minimise the risk. 2.2 Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation provides regulatory guidance for the provision of rescue equipment for difficult environments. The guidance looks at the anticipated hazards and use of appropriate equipment along with its availability. An extract from the document has been provided for ease of reference. 2.3 Suitable rescue equipment and services should be available at an aerodrome where the area to be covered by the service includes water, swampy areas or other difficult environment that cannot be fully served by conventional wheeled vehicles. This is particularly important where a significant portion of approach/departure operations takes place over these areas. 2.4 The rescue equipment should be carried on boats or other vehicles such as helicopters and amphibious or air cushion vehicles, capable of operating in the area concerned. The vehicles should be so located that they can be brought into action quickly to respond to the areas covered by the service. 2.5 At an aerodrome bordering the water, the boats or other vehicles should preferably be located on the aerodrome, and convenient launching or docking sites provided. If these vehicles are located off the aerodrome, they should preferably be under the control of the aerodrome rescue and fire fighting service or, if this is not practicable, under the control of another competent public or private organization working in close coordination with the aerodrome rescue and fire fighting service (such as police, military services, harbour patrol or coast guard). 2.6 Boats or other vehicles should have as high a speed as practicable so as to reach an accident site in minimum time. To reduce the possibility of injury during rescue operations, water jet-driven boats are preferred to water propeller driven boats unless the propellers of the latter boats are ducted. Should the water areas to be covered by the service be frozen for a significant period of the year, the equipment should be selected accordingly. Vehicles used in this service should be equipped with life rafts and life preservers related to the requirements of the larger aircraft normally using the aerodrome, with two-way radio communication, and with floodlights for night operations. If aircraft operations during periods of low visibility are expected, it may be necessary to provide guidance for the responding emergency vehicles. 2.7 The personnel designated to operate the equipment should be adequately trained and drilled for rescue services in the appropriate environment. 2.8 The Civil Aviation Authority provides additional guidance within the publication CAP 168. 2.9 There is a degree of familiarity between the two documents and again, for ease of reference the following is an extract from the document. 2.10 Where an aerodrome is located close to water/ swampy areas, or difficult terrain, and where a significant portion of approach or departure operations takes place over these areas, specialist rescue services and fire fighting equipment appropriate to the hazard and risk shall be available. 2.11 Emergency access roads should be provided on an aerodrome where terrain conditions permit their construction, so as to facilitate achieving minimum response times. Particular attention should be given to the provision of ready access to approach areas up to 1000 m from the threshold, or at least within the aerodrome boundary. Where a fence is provided, the need for convenient access to outside areas should be taken into account. 2.12 An assessment of the approach and departure areas within 1000 m of the runway threshold should be carried out to determine the options available for rescue. 3. DAL Compliance with the Regulatory Requirements and Guidance. 3.1 Hovercraft 3.1.1 The existing provision is met with a Griffon 375 Hovercraft powered by 3.0 Litre Land Rover TDI engine. Due to the weight limitations associated with the carriage of life rafts, a maximum crew of two is provided consisting of a pilot and crewmember. The craft is fitted with three navigation lights, one red light on the port side, one green light on the starboard side and one white light on the top of the craft 3.1.2 An assessment of this equipment was undertaken in December 2008 by the Airport Fire Manager and published in January 2009. A number of deficiencies were recorded, along with safety concerns of operating the equipment during periods of reduced visibility and darkness. These deficiencies and safety concerns are addressed further within this document. 3.1.3 The Hovercraft has operational limitations due to the weather and tidal conditions which prevent it from being used during inclement weather. A proposal that address's this anomaly is provided as an appendix to this document. 3.1.4 The Hovercraft will be fitted with GPS Plotter which contains the latest admiralty charts for the river Tay. The main hazards associated with Invergowrie Bay are plotted on the GPS and are described further in this document. 3.2 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 3.2.1 Each crew member is provided with a Typhoon Dry Suit fitted with boots and complies with the appropriate CE approvals. 3.2.2 In addition, each crew member is provided with protective gloves and a helmet (including internal head communications). There is currently no EN standard for water rescue helmets however; BS EN1385 is the European Standard for helmets to be used for Canoeing and White Water sports. 3.2.3 Before launching the hovercraft, each member of the crew must be wearing a life jacket. The type used is automatically deployed when a person is immersed in water. The life jacket conforms to EN 396-1993 (ISO 12402 Part 3 150 Newton Lifejacket) and provides a buoyancy of 150 Newton's. This provides reasonable assurance of safety from drowning to a person not fully capable of helping themselves. 3.2.4 I have recommended to the Airport Fire Manager to replace the 150 Newton Life Jackets at the end of their serviceable life with life jackets meeting the ISO 12402 Part 2 275 Newton standard. The advantages of this type of life jacket are Designed for severe conditions, when maximum protection is required or when heavy clothing (firefighting PPE) is worn. They give improved assurance or safety from drowning, to people who are not able to help themselves. While they cannot be guaranteed to self-right an unconscious user wearing heavy waterproof clothing, the buoyancy they provide should ensure they will in the great majority of cases. This Life Jacket is considered the most suitable for Fire and Rescue Service operations where the wearer is not expected to enter the water intentionally. 3.2.5 A test and inspection procedure for PPE is published in the AFS procedures volume 4 – Test and Inspections. 3.3 Training 3.3.1 Each crew member assigned to pilot the Hovercraft has previously received basic training from the equipment manufacturer. There are, however, limitations in their piloting skills and following the assessment described in 3.1.2 it was identified the pilots are deficient in operating the hovercraft during reduced visibility and periods of darkness since their initial acquisition training. A training plan has been developed to bring the competence of the pilots to a more acceptable level and arrangements with the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) are in place to deliver a certificated course with final assessment. This training includes a combined exercise with the RNLI team from Broughty Ferry. The training plan consists of Pre Flight Checks Modes of Operation Limitations of use Launch and Recovery Techniques Emergency Procedures, Man Overboard Water and Land Operations Transition from Water to Land to water Casualty Approach, first response SAR techniques 3.3.2 All crew members require a minimum Water First Responder qualification course held at Dundee Airport. This is facilitated by a specialist training company who have been contracted to fulfill the water training needs of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Services. The Water First Responder course will still be externally certificated by Rescue 3. 3.3.3 Further scenario-based days will be arranged at the airport. This training will also engage other agencies (RNLI, MCA, FRA) and will facilitate one or more rescue scenarios to explore the integrated use of DAL and other agencies specialized equipment eg Hovercraft, Inflatable pathways etc 3.3.4 In addition to the pilot training and basic water first responder, it is the intention of DAL AFS to establish a safety management protocol for working on and around the water/mud. It is envisaged there will be three key areas; Hot area – the water/mud incident area with specific PPE requirements. Warm area – the area from the water/mud edge to a distance of 10 metres away from the risk with reduced specific PPE requirements. Cold area – the area considered to be a safe haven with limited or no PPE requirements. Due to the environmental constraints and hazards of the coast line adjacent to Invergowrie Bay it is policy that crew members will not approach this hazardous area without the appropriate PPE and knowledge of what area they are working in. Additional supporting Crew members operating at the launch site must be wearing the appropriate Personal Flotation Device and secured to a "cows tail" attached to the releasable harness. This is a short elasticised length of webbing, with a steel ring on one end and a karabiner at the other and accords with BS EN362. 3.3.5 The delineation of these areas will be made with cordon tape. 3.4 Communications In order Dundee Airport Fire Service can effectively communicate with both the MCA and RNLI, communications on the marine band channel 16 or channel 0 are necessary. Currently, the Dundee AFS team has not been trained to use this channel; however, the St Andrews Coastguard Sector manager will provide the necessary training inputs to bring the crew up to a satisfactory competency level. This will be undertaken in parallel with the HIA/DAL MOC radio training module. Following this training permission will be sought from the Maritime Coastguard Agency to use the channel during emergency callouts. 3.5 Emergency Lighting 3.5.1 Dundee Airport Fire Service has limited portable emergency lighting. Each appliance is equipped with telescopic masts fitted with a halogen light cluster. The AFS also have a portable generator and 2 tripod lighting masts for general incident scene illumination. The Bird Patrol vehicle is fitted with a roof mounted spot light and there is also a high powered hand spot light provided for searching for bird activity at night. Both these lights have a good working range which will reach a considerable distance. In addition to these conventional lamps the AFS also carries a stock of white Parachute illuminating flares on the hovercraft. 3.5.2 The Coastguard response has portable flood lighting capability; however, this will take approximately 1 hour to deploy. 3.5.3 The Fire and Rescue authorities have floodlight capability but not necessarily on the initial attendance; therefore a delay may be incurred. 3.5.4 The planned multi Agency Training exercise will test the emergency floodlight capability of each agency. 4. Stakeholder Interaction 4.1 Maritime Coastguard Agency 4.1.1 The primacy for any incident in the area of Invergowrie Bay rests with the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA). Whilst their primary role is one on co-ordination, from either the Forth control centre or the Aberdeen control centre they do have access to two mud rescue teams, one based in Montrose and the other at Granton. A response to Dundee airport by these teams, following notification, is approximately one hour. The teams are competent in mud rescue, shore search and rescue. Local MCA volunteer teams are available within the Dundee district and vary between 6 and 25 in strength but is very much dependant on the time of day. 4.1.2 The MCA have helicopter assets, however, in relation to Dundee airport one is based in Stornoway and the other in Sumburgh. Other non MCA assets which could be called upon are the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre based at RAF Kinloss, RAF Bulmer, RAF Lossiemouth, and HMS Gannet. These Search and Rescue Helicopters (SARH) have the ability to lift approximately 20 persons and a response time of approximately 1 hour dependant on the weather conditions and time of day. 4.2 Royal National Lifeboat Institute 4.2.1 The RNLI is stationed at Broughty Ferry, approximately 6 miles by river to Invergowrie Bay, and are equipped with a Trent and "D" class life boats. The dependency of a response to an incident in this area is based on the height of the tide meaning at certain times of the day the RNLI may be restricted to the main Tay river channel. The use of the lighter D or Y class boats may be considered, however the resource allocation will be lessened. 4.2.2 Crews from the RNLI provide a water response and cannot offer any land based responses to Dundee airport. In addition, their training does not extend to mud rescue techniques. That said the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Coxswain has conducted trials of putting his crew members onto the sand banks which lie to the south of the airport, closer to the main shipping channel, and is content that the sand in this area is stable enough to permit his crews to work on foot safely. This however does not include the areas of Invergowrie Bay or within the 1000m approach areas. 4.3 Fire and Rescue Authorities 4.3.1 The United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Authorities have no statutory right in law to respond to incidents in open water. More recently, the Fire and Rescue Authorities have equipped and trained themselves to deal with the effects of floods and there is an expectation that should an incident take place in the Invergowrie Bay then a response would be made. 4.3.2 Fife Fire and Rescue have two mud rescue facilities based at Cupar whilst Tayside Fire and Rescue have two units located at Perth and East Kingsway, Dundee. 4.3.3 Fife Fire & RS have all their personnel trained for water rescue and all appliances carry drysuits and flotation aids. Tayside F & RS only have two stations which all crew are trained up. The capability of mud rescue with these brigades may have limitations of only being able to reach an area 100m from the shoreline due to the type of equipment they each carry. 5. Rescue Equipment 5.1 The rescue equipment available to deploy at the scene of incident is primarily split in to two categories. Category 1 items of equipment are associated with incidents that occur during a high tide. This is facilitated with two inflatable life rafts, one 46 person and a 7 person. Category 2 items of equipment are associated with incidents that occur during low tide and where the mud flats are exposed. The Airport Fire Manager has procured an additional ten Throw Bags containing 15 metres of line. The Throw Bags are self weighted which ensures optimum distance and accuracy. Careful consideration will be given during periods of transition between high and low tide to ensure the appropriate equipment is selected. 5.2 The use of these inflatable devices will be investigated further to determine suitability of being "fit for purpose". 6. Multiagency "Invergowrie" Response Plan Workshop 6.1 A multiagency Response Plan workshop involving DAL, MCA, RNLI, Tayside FRA, Fife FRA, Tayside Police, and the CAA is being developed by the HIA Chief Fire Officer. Here, the group will explore what resource, equipment and skill will be deployed to a fictitious incident in the Invergowrie Bay and focus on potential pinch points where resource, equipment, or skill deficiencies exist. APPENDIX A - Water Rescue Craft Provision - DUNDEE SAFETY SURVEY & HAZARD ASSESSMENT Document reference: DND SS 01/09 A1 INTRODUCTION This Safety Survey and associated Hazard Assessments were conducted 6th January 2009, in accordance with the principles of HIA Safety Management Manual (SMM) procedures SMP043 – Safety Surveys, and SMP060 - Hazard Analysis. A2 ASSIGNED SURVEY & ASSESSMENT TEAM Andrew Lindsay AFM Station Manager DAL Dundee Mark Don AFS Watch Manager DAL Dundee Joint authors of the Survey Report. A3 TERMS OF REFERENCE The aims and scope of this Safety Survey are as follows: To assess the overall suitability of AFS water borne equipment at Dundee to assist the survivability of passengers following an accident within a distance of 1000m from the runway threshold or at least within the aerodrome boundary – CAP 168 Chapter 8 paragraph 24 refers. The purpose of the Hovercraft is to aid survivability of passengers in the event of an accident in water/soft ground. This safety survey follows as far as reasonably practicable the 7 step risk assessment process as per CAP 760. A4 GUIDANCE Wind and weather statistics for Dundee (produced by windfinder.com) CAP 168 HIA Fire Service Procedures Manuals Volume 3 & 5. DND Airport Manual including Emergency Orders. DND entries in AD section of UK AIP & NOTAMS CAP 760 Existing local H&S risk assessments A5 FINDINGS The current status of water borne equipment is as follows: The limitation on the use of the Hovercraft continues at the time of this survey per Safety Directive 01/07. The Hovercraft is a Griffon 320TD Water Rescue is presently provided for RWY 10/28 1000m runway approach areas, however it should be considered that on the one occasion when the hovercraft was used to respond to an aircraft accident it was in the water at the side of the runway and not in the final approach area. Other findings are as follows: Water rescue is restricted to an area of 1000m currently provided in the River Tay and to the water running to the south side of the main runway. The largest aircraft presently using Dundee on Public Transport flights is the DHC 8 on an ad hoc basis, however the normal scheduled movements are Saab 340 or Dornier 328 both carrying approximately 34 passengers. A minimum of two crew members are required to operate the Hovercraft. No crew are required to enter the water during launch and recovery of the craft, however a shore crew will be required to assist with casualty recovery and a shoreline search. The average wind speed at DND is 09 kts as per information provided by windfinder.com. Within the 1000m area there are two sewer lines which are indicated by markers. Within the 1000m area there are numerous deep gullies which form part of the natural mud flats. There are underwater hazards in the form of rocks and other obstructions in close proximity to the shore line. There is the potential for flotsam / jetsam obstructions floating on the water. The water in the River Tay is tidal and can either be in a state of incoming or outgoing tides as well as a faster moving river dependant on the time of day and tidal state. The hovercraft can only be launched from one location at the hovercraft ramp. No member of the crew has undergone any form of sea survival training. The AFS has 1000m Assessment documented in Vol.3 which includes hazards identified in the areas the hovercraft would operate. A6 OBSERVATIONS The Hovercraft is considered by staff to be too small to operate in its designated area mainly due to the sea swell and wind conditions. The present craft has a limitation of operating in winds below 16kts and in a sea height of half a metre. The hovercraft provided has a limited capacity to work in windy or rough conditions. In the last three months (Oct – Dec 2008) the hovercraft was withdrawn from service for seven days due to wind / sea conditions out with its capacity, that equates to 7.7% downtime. Although the hovercraft will traverse over the mud flats successfully it has no ability to cross over the deep gullies that form on certain parts of the mud flats. The hovercraft has limited capacity to carry crew to perform a rescue. A maximum of two can be carried and there is a requirement to carry a large life raft which will need at least two people to deploy leaving the hovercraft un-controlled when this operation takes place. Lack of water can be potentially hazardous, as Hovercraft can come to an abrupt halt if not operated correctly. The current hovercraft has no crew cab or seatbelt provision to stop people being thrown overboard if this were to happen. The hovercraft is kept in the open with only a tarpaulin cover for protection. This is sometimes removed in high winds and does not provide the best protection for the hovercraft when it is not in use. The hovercraft would benefit from being housed in a permanent shelter close to the launch site which will provide cover in all weather and increase the life expectancy of the craft. The hovercraft was withdrawn from service for nine days in the last three months for maintenance (Oct – Dec 2008), that equates to 10% downtime. Although this maintenance was not due totally to a lack of appropriate cover, the continued exposure to the elements will likely increase the time the craft will be required to be out of service for maintenance. It is recommended that the man overboard procedures be assessed and amended to show what happens if a member of the crew falls overboard whilst responding to a real life incident. A training package is already being developed for this however additional funds will be required to provide extra survival equipment. The survival equipment that the crew should carry does not include personal rescue flares / lights to attract attention or EPIRBS if a person falls overboard. It is also thought that if one of the two crew were to go overboard the remaining single operator would find it difficult to affect a rescue single handed. There is no casualty recovery equipment fitted to hovercraft for this scenario. The Life jackets issued to the crew may not be of a standard sufficient to turn an unconscious crew member in a face up position if they fall in the water. The Life Jackets issued to the shore crew may not be of a standard sufficient to keep a fire fighter in full fire fighting kit afloat if they were to fall into the water. It is noted that at all HIA Aerodromes with water crafts, personnel have been on Sea Survival Training Courses. DND personnel have not had training provided as yet although budgetary provision has been requested for the next financial year. There are only minimal trained people that can operate the hovercraft. With the introduction of the new shift system this means that there are on occasions no trained pilots on shift to operate the hovercraft. In the last three months (Oct – Dec 2008) this has happened on two occasions, that equates to 2.2% downtime. Night time training has never been conducted with the hovercraft. The hovercraft has limited navigational equipment for night time or low visibility operation. Life rafts provided are not of a type that could easily be climbed into if a casualty were in deep water. It would require the assistance of the AFS crew to get people into these rafts. The Hover craft crew is insufficient to assist in this scenario at present. Current H&S Risk assessments were reviewed but some amendments will be required, The AIP for Dundee makes no reference to water rescue craft. The total downtime in the last three months (Oct – Dec 2008) due to a combination of weather, maintenance and insufficient staffing resources equates to 19.9% A7 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Consideration should be given to providing a more suitable piece of equipment which has been thoroughly evaluated to ensure its suitability in relation to the operation at DND. One suggestion from the staff was a larger hovercraft which is able to carry more crew and a heavier payload. Although other types of equipment will need to be assessed for suitability as an alternative to a hovercraft, it is generally felt that a larger hovercraft would provide the best all round response to any incidents within the River Tay. Consideration should be made for a permanent housing for the craft and budgetary provision made accordingly. It is recommended that a man overboard procedures be incorporated into the risk assessment with a reference to AFS Volume 3 and the Vol. 5 Training Plan. Consideration needs to be given to providing casualty recovery equipment on the hovercraft and the crew numbers need to be increased accordingly. Consideration needs to be given to the type of life rafts provided and the number of crew available to effect a rescue in deeper water. Night time and Low Visibility Procedures for the operation of the Hovercraft need to be developed and authorised by the Director of Operations. At present night time operation of all other HIA rescue facilities has been suspended, should this apply to Dundee also? A full review of all the safety equipment and PPE required needs to be conducted and budgetary provision made to purchase and replace where necessary. It is recommended that an AIP entry be made stating the scope of water borne rescue equipment available at Dundee. There needs to be additional pilots trained to operate the Hovercraft. All AFS Personnel need to complete a Basic Sea Survival Training Course. A comprehensive training plan needs to be developed in line with the AFS Training Plan including assessment of all personnel in their designated roles and responsibilities. A decision should be made by Senior Management as to whether the facilities provided at Dundee Airport should be made available in the hours of darkness or withdrawn as is the case with all other HIA Airports. HAZARD LOG – DND Hovercraft Operations Probability or Likelihood Ranking: 1 = Extremely Improbable 2 = Extremely Remote 3 = Remote 4 = Reasonably Probable 5 = Frequent Severity Ranking: 1 = No Effect Immediately 2 = Significant Incidents 3 = Major Incidents 4 = Serious Incidents 5 = Accidents 5 4 3 SEVERITY 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 LIKELIHOOD Zone Red (R), Amber (A), Green (G) (based on 'table3' from CAP760 chapter 3 page10) HAZARD CAUSES RISK ANALYSIS MITIGATION RISK ANALYSIS Matrix Zone Matrix Zone Likelihood Likelihood Severity Severity Hovercraft Hitting and /or grounding on rocks close to Rocks hidden at high tide (natural causes), 4 2 A Lighting on Hovercraft, 3 2 G shoreline Flotsam / Jetsam Training & qualifications and local knowledge, Operational Procedures and 1000m Response Procedure Documentation, High Speed Grounding of Hovercraft on Mud Flats Poor operator technique, 4 3 R All pilots have been given basic induction training, 4 3 A Lack of training (night time ops), Sub standard hovercraft performance Man Overboard Scenario (Lost at sea) Poor operator technique, 3 5 R All pilots have been given basic induction training, 3 5 R Lack of training (night time ops), All crew provided with survival suit Sub standard hovercraft performance Inappropriate PPE Lack of on board resources to effect a rescue, Shore Crew Member falling into water (drowning) Inappropriate PPE (Lifejacket) 2 5 R Training & qualifications and local knowledge, 2 4 A Operational Procedures and 1000m Response Procedure Documentation, - 14 - HAZARD LOG – DND Hovercraft Operations Probability or Likelihood Ranking: 1 = Extremely Improbable 2 = Extremely Remote 3 = Remote 4 = Reasonably Probable 5 = Frequent Severity Ranking: 1 = No Effect Immediately 2 = Significant Incidents 3 = Major Incidents 4 = Serious Incidents 5 = Accidents 5 4 3 SEVERITY 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 LIKELIHOOD Zone Red (R), Amber (A), Green (G) (based on 'table3' from CAP760 chapter 3 page10) HAZARD CAUSES RISK ANALYSIS MITIGATION RISK ANALYSIS Matrix Zone Matrix Zone Likelihood Likelihood Severity Severity Survivor drowning Inability to climb into life raft for self 4 5 R None 4 5 R rescue. Hovercraft accident at night / low vis Poor operator technique, 3 4 R None 3 4 R Lack of training (night time ops), Sub standard hovercraft performance - 15 - APPENDIX B Invergowrie Bay Hazards There are a number of hazards associated with the Invergowrie Bay area. B1 The launch and recovery point is located at Grid Square C16 directly adjacent to the terminal building on the opposite side of the aerodrome. The potential hazards are primarily FOD brought ashore with the tide and the rough ground which can be found a low water. A programme is in place whereby this FOD is retrieved and disposed of during the daily inspection. B2 A storm water overflow pipe , supported on concrete columns, runs across the bay South Easterly in to the river Tay and is approximately 900 metres from the runway threshold. This pipe is clearly visible at low water; however, at high water the pipe is beneath the water line and presents a significant hazard to the Hovercraft operation. Access beyond the obstruction is only achievable by navigating around the head of the pipe. The positioning of the pipe is plotted on the Hovercraft GPS and advises the pilot when the hovercraft comes in to close proximity. - 16 - - 17 - B3 A number of natural gullies formed from a stream exist along the shore line of the Bay. The significance of these gullies is more apparent at the low water phase. Dimensionally, the gullies are under a metre in width and in some instances upto a metre in depth and have the dangerous potential to render the hovercraft unusable if it were to navigate over them. - 18 - APPEDIX C A Fit for Purpose Alternative This hovercraft embodies the very best technologies available on the market with the latest technology, fly by wire, highly developed reverse thrust for braking, tight turns, reversing and 360° rotation from standing, more cockpit room, increased thrust and a low weight hull. It offers greater loading capacity. The HTI 525 is the world's most fully tested medium rescue Hovercraft with a 5 YEAR warranty no excuses guarantee. The engine can be simply serviced by a local motorcycle dealer (preferably Yamaha but not a warranty requirement) and has been designed for easy access. The remainder of the craft requires only simple greasing and cleaning routine. HTI guarantee the skirt system for 500 hours on water or unstable surface and 100 hours on asphalt The total cost of €145,000 accounts are for the complete craft and includes the trailer, training for twelve staff and delivery. It is the recommendation of this recovery plan to trial this hovercraft at Dundee for a period of one month in order to make determinations on its suitability. - 19 - APPENDIX D The Beaufort Wind Scale The scale was created in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort, an Irish born British admiral and hydrographer. The scale that carries Beaufort's name had a long and complex evolution, from the previous work of others, to when Beaufort was a top administrator in the Royal Navy in the 1830s. In the early 19th Century naval officers made regular weather observations, but there was no standard scale and so they could be very subjective - one man's "stiff breeze" might be another's "soft breeze". Beaufort succeeded in getting things standardized. The initial scale of thirteen classes (zero to twelve) did not reference wind speed numbers, but related qualitative wind conditions to effects on the sails of a man of war, then the main ship of the Royal Navy, from "just sufficient to give steerage" to "that which no canvas sails could withstand." At zero, all his sails would be up; at six, half of his sails would have been taken down; and at twelve, all sails would be stowed away. The scale was made a standard for ship's log entries on Royal Navy vessels in the late 1830s, and was adapted to non-naval use from the 1850s, with scale numbers corresponding to cup anemometer rotations. In 1906, to accommodate the growth of steam power, the descriptions were changed to how the sea, not the sails, behaved and extended to land observations. Rotations to scale numbers were standardized only in 1923. George Simpson, Director of the UK Meteorological Office, was responsible for this and for the addition of the land-based descriptors. The measure was slightly altered some decades later to improve its utility for meteorologists. Today, many countries have abandoned the scale and use the SI-based units m/s or km/h instead, but the severe weather warnings given to public are still approximately the same as when using the Beaufort scale. The Beaufort scale was extended in 1946, when Forces 13 to 17 were added. However, Forces 13 to 17 were intended to apply only to special cases, such as tropical cyclones. Nowadays, the extended scale is only used in Taiwan and mainland China, which are often affected by typhoons. Wind speed on the 1946 Beaufort scale is based on the empirical formula: v = 0.836 B3/2 m/s where v is the equivalent wind speed at 10 metres above the sea surface and B is Beaufort scale number. For example, B = 9.5 is related to 24.5 m/s which is equal to the lower limit of "10 Beaufort". Using this formula the highest winds in hurricanes would be 23 in the scale. Today, hurricane force winds are sometimes described as Beaufort scale 12 through 16, very roughly related to the respective category speeds of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, by which actual hurricanes are measured, where Category 1 is equivalent to Beaufort 12. However, the extended Beaufort numbers above 13 do not match the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Category 1 tornadoes on the Fujita and TORRO scales also begin roughly at the end of level 12 of the Beaufort scale but are indeed independent scales. Note that wave heights in the scale are for conditions in the open ocean, not along the shore. - 20 - The modern scale Wave Wind speed height Beaufort Description Sea conditions Land conditions number km/h mph kts m/s m ft Calm. Smoke rises 0 <1 <1 <1 <0.3 Calm 0 0 Flat. vertically. 0.3- Ripples Wind motion visible in 1 1-5 1-3 1-2 Light air 0.1 0.33 1.5 without crests. smoke. Small wavelets. 1.5- Light Crests of Wind felt on exposed 2 6-11 3-7 3-6 0.2 0.66 3.3 breeze glassy skin. Leaves rustle. appearance, not breaking Large wavelets. 12- 7- 3.3- Gentle Crests begin to Leaves and smaller twigs 3 8-12 0.6 2 19 10 5.5 breeze break; in constant motion. scattered whitecaps Dust and loose paper 20- 13- 11- 5.5- Moderate 4 1 3.3 Small waves. raised. Small branches 28 17 15 8.0 breeze begin to move. Moderate (1.2 m) longer Branches of a moderate 29- 18- 16- 8.0- Fresh 5 2 6.6 waves. Some size move. Small trees 38 24 20 10.8 breeze foam and begin to sway. spray. Large waves Large branches in motion. 39- 25- 21- 10.8- Strong with foam Whistling heard in 6 3 9.9 49 30 26 13.9 breeze crests and overhead wires. Umbrella some spray. use becomes difficult. Empty plastic garbage - 21 - cans tip over. Sea heaps up Whole trees in motion. High wind, and foam Effort needed to walk 50- 31- 27- 13.9- Moderate begins to be against the wind. Swaying 7 4 13.1 61 38 33 17.2 Gale, Near blown in of skyscrapers may be Gale streaks in wind felt, especially by people direction. on upper floors. Moderately high waves with breaking 62- 39- 34- 17.2- Twigs broken from trees. 8 Fresh Gale 5.5 18 crests forming 74 46 40 20.7 Cars veer on road. spindrift. Streaks of foam. High waves (6- Larger branches break off 7 m) with trees, and some small dense foam. trees blow over. 75- 47- 41- 20.7- Wave crests 9 Strong Gale 7 23 Construction/temporary 88 54 47 24.5 start to roll signs and barricades blow over. over. Damage to circus Considerable tents and canopies. spray. Very high waves. Large patches of foam from wave crests give the sea a Trees are broken off or white uprooted, saplings bent 89- 55- 48- 24.5- Whole appearance. and deformed, poorly 10 9 29.5 102 63 55 28.4 Gale/Storm Considerable attached asphalt shingles tumbling of and shingles in poor waves with condition peel off roofs. heavy impact. Large amounts of airborne spray reduce visibility. 103- 64- 56- 28.4- Violent Exceptionally Widespread vegetation 11 11.5 37.7 117 72 63 32.6 storm high waves. damage. More damage to Very large most roofing surfaces, - 22 - patches of asphalt tiles that have foam, driven curled up and/or before the fractured due to age may wind, cover break away completely. much of the sea surface. Very large amounts of airborne spray severely reduce visibility. Huge waves. Sea is Considerable and completely widespread damage to white with vegetation, a few foam and windows broken, Hurricane- 12 ≥118 ≥73 ≥64 ≥32.6 ≥14 ≥46 spray. Air is structural damage to force filled with mobile homes and poorly driving spray, constructed sheds and greatly barns. Debris may be reducing hurled about. visibility. - 23 -
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Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 29, 2010
Netbooks are one of the hottest consumer product categories in the consumer technology industry at this moment - at least from an industry perspective. And yesterday, after Apple's iPad announcement, consumer electronics analysts immediately started commenting and sharing their views via blogs, and twitter.
But what I've been missing is the consumer view. Let's take a look at how interested consumers are in small computers like netbooks in general, and how this has changed in the past year.
Note: I realize that the industry may not see the iPad as a netbook but both the netbook and the iPad serve the same consumer need: an easy to carry, multifunctional mobile Internet device. So consumers are likely to compare and contrast them in the product purchase consideration cycle.
What we see is that consumers are mostly interested in netbooks as a second or third PC that they could use while on the go, or that they consider giving one to their children. Netbooks serve a distinct purpose, for more insight please see the report 'Netbooks Are The Third PC Form Factor' by my colleague J.P. Gownder.
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 25, 2010
One of the key themes I saw popping up in 2009 was the need for market researchers to communicate insights instead of information (or even worse: data). I've been at a number of events where this was discussed and I followed multiple discussions in market research groups like for example Next Generation Market Research (NGMR) on LinkedIn. Personally I added to this discussion by publishing a report called The Marketing Of Market Research - Successful Communication Builds Influence.
The general consensus is that market researchers should stay away from elaborating on the research methodology and presenting research results with many data heavy slides and graphics. Instead, they should act more like consultants: produce a presentation that reads like an executive summary (maximum 20 slides or so) and starts with the recommendations. The presentation should show the key insights gained from the project, cover how these results tie back to business objectives, include alternative scenarios and advice on possible next steps.
However, another consensus from the conversations is that not all market researchers are equally well equipped to deliver such a presentation, where they're asked to translate data into insights, come up with action items, and tell a story. Most participants in the discussions agreed with the statement that the majority of market researchers still feels most comfortable when they present research outcomes (aka numbers).
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 22, 2010
This week, Forrester released the 'new and improved' Social Technographics. Over two years ago we introduced Social Technographics, a way to analyze your market's social technology behavior. In these years we've seen that with the rapid pace of technology adoption, the rungs on the ladder have shown steady growth, with some (like Joiners) growing faster than others (like Creators). In these years we have helped clients understand the social media uptake of their customers with data for 13 countries, and for various segments and brands. But, in the past year we did feel we missed out on something: Twitter.
As you can see from the graphic, we added a new rung, "Conversationalists". Conversationalists reflects two changes. First, it includes people who update their social network status to converse (both in Facebook as twitter). And second, we include only people who update at least weekly, since anything less than this isn't much of a conversation.
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 21, 2010
Lately, there are so many cool Infographics popping up, with lots of global information. Yesterday I shared a link to an infographic from the World Bank. Today, you'll find a link to a tool from the United Nations Development Programme.
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 20, 2010
By now, most of you know my love for infographics. A colleague recently pointed me to this great tool of the world bank: The World Bank Data Visualizer.
It has it all: data for 209 different countries, trending, and customizable axes. This is a great tool for everyone who's doing global research and wants to know more about the countries researched, and how they relate to each other.
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 19, 2010
Recently I was asked by Research Magazine to contribute to an article about market research in 2010. The caveat: I was only allowed ONE word to describe what I saw as the most important change, trend or force affecting market research in 2010.
Posted by Tamara Barber on January 18, 2010
Lately, I've been having quite a few conversations with clients on the subtleties of understanding preference for and use of Spanish in marketing to US Hispanics. After attending some recent focus groups in which we spoke to both English and Spanish-speaking consumers, I was reminded of some key tenets on language use for this group:
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on January 15, 2010
Earlier we shared with you our excitement around our newest addition to the countries we now cover with Forrester Technographics: Latin America. For the ones less familiar with our Technographics offering, please see the text below the graphic.
Recently the data for LATAM came out of the field. Questions we cover include: How large is the PC market in Mexico and Brazil? What brand of PC have consumers purchased most recently? How are PC owners using their PCs?
Please find below some data on PC ownership in Brazil:
The PC markets in Mexico and Brazil are fairly well established, with at least half of consumers owning at least one PC in the home. Interestingly, almost half of the consumers in the low socioeconomic level in Brazil (C1C2) own at least one PC, in contrast to only one-quarter in Mexico (D+).
Posted by Jackie Rousseau-Anderson on January 14, 2010
One of the benefits of working at Forrester (for a data loving person like myself) is having such a wealth of quantitative data on hand through our Technographics program. Of course, the data on hand doesn't always answer every question our clients have.
Posted by Jackie Rousseau-Anderson on January 11, 2010
We've recently published our annual report on the state of consumers and technology focusing on our neighbors to the North.
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