Communicating with each entrant, standby supervisors, and rescue personnel, as well as keeping watch on all breathing air supplies, gas detection equipment and CCTV cameras, it is critical that this person has full understanding to the task and can give undivided attention to the task.
The entrant will be fully donned with breathing helmet, harness, and all other appropriate PPE. The control panel size should dictate the number of entrants and rescue attendants – panels will typically facilitate 4 or 6 persons.
It is not sufficient to rely on the local or site emergency service for rescue as they will be unlikely to have appropriate breathing apparatus for this type of rescue.
There needs to be appropriate numbers of rescue attendants to entrants, and the individuals should be trained specifically for this purpose. Equipment should be fully donned tested prior to entry, then the helmet removed ready for quick donning should a rescue be required.