Question 2
A member of the public rushes into PQ saying her husband has fallen and injured himself on the rocks at Langerstone Point. What are the quickest and most accurate ways to report the casualty’s position to the coastguard?
Choose up to THREE answers, each worth 5 points for a total of 15 points.
WKH12 para 7.23 (page 7:23) talks about positions on land and how best to report them. The OS map can be found quickly under the chart table and the satellite photos are hanging from the hook to the left of the chart table. Both of these are quick visual references. NCI encourages the use of what3words as a much more accurate locator.
Although not referenced in WKH12, the main PC in the Lookout has an open tab called Grid Reference Finder; you could open this and ask the person to point to where her husband is on the aerial satellite image, right click for exact position references.
Although Langerstone Point is well known to us and to local people as a location, the Duty Officer in Falmouth is unlikely to know where this is or know or how to locate it quickly on their map. It is therefore best to give them an OS grid reference or a what3words location.
Revise WKH12 7.23 and 7.24 (page 7:23-24)
WKH12 para 7.23 (page 7:23) talks about positions on land and how best to report them. The OS map can be found quickly under the chart table and the satellite photos are hanging from the hook to the left of the chart table. Both of these are quick visual references. NCI encourages the use of what3words as a much more accurate locator.
Although not referenced in WKH12, the main PC in the Lookout has an open tab called Grid Reference Finder; you could open this and ask the person to point to where her husband is on the aerial satellite image, right click for exact position references.
Although Langerstone Point is well known to us and to local people as a location, the Duty Officer in Falmouth is unlikely to know where this is or know or how to locate it quickly on their map. It is therefore best to give them an OS grid reference or a what3words location.
See WKH12 7.23 and 7.24 (page 7:23-24)