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The project is the start-up of a dedicated swift water search team division for the existing search and rescue team. A shortfall in this area has been identified by Devon and Cornwall Police as well as Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service. This area is currently under resourced in Cornwall.

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    Situation

    The project is the start up of a dedicated swift water search team for Cornwall search and rescue team. A shortfall in this area has been identified by Devon and Cornwall Police as well as Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service. The team is a member of Mountain Rescue England and Wales which has introduced ten core capabilities of its member teams including that teams should be able to operate safely around water margins. This requires the team to have a water rescue capability to DEFRA standards.

    Solution

    This project will enable us to cover more areas of Cornwall which are currently inaccessible to us due to lack of equipment or training. These are inland areas not covered by Coastguard or RNLI such as quarries, rivers, lakes and pond areas. Combined with our existing team we would be able to quickly deploy the new water team to search these areas alongside our hill search teams. We will be able to safely and efficiently clear entire search areas including riverways and water courses.

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