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Incident Planning

This page is a chapter in 'BASE Wiki Philosophy'

Incident Planning: If you BASE jump long enough, there will come a time you witness an incident. The key to successful risk management is having a plan in place for any risk that can materialize. Such a plan can be as simple as “we’ll improvise”, which is a good idea for the risk of being struck by a meteorite. However, it is an absolute necessity to have a plan for what happens when somebody injures himself or worse; dies.



Even more importantly, it is recommended you discuss this plan with every jumper on the load before you make a jump. At the very least, make sure they know what to do when you get injured to the point of being unable to speak.

When this incident occurs on a Legalities less-than-legal jump, things get even trickier.


The Pact: by Nick Di Giovanni is an amazing story that you should also read concerning this topic in question.

Go Long Not Hard was another article that was written after the 2nd death in the Dwain Weston Travel Crew occurred.

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09 May 2006

09:10 by anonymous.

While not absolutely necessary, and perhaps a little bit of a blow to the ego, It seems to me that it wouldn't really hurt to have someone on the ground with at least a little bit of first aid training. A friend who’s an EMT/Paramedic/doctor whatever. While not really much use if you lose alt awareness and impact, or have a total malfunction etc. in the more common cases of object strike these people can help you -

  1. survive,
  2. not go into shock,
  3. prevent you from further injuring/paralyzing yourself,
  4. Possibly administer things to numb the pain.
  5. a billion other things.

Most people who volunteer for EMT/paramedic positions have odd personalities and would probably be enthralled at the opportunity 2 scrape you off pavement, as morbid as that is. Also if an incident does occur, people who are on the ground can (with a little bit of coaching) be viewed as neutral observers in the eyes of the authorities allowing perhaps the rest of the jumpers in a pact to get away knowing their fellow jumper has someone looking out for his/her interests.

Planning should either involve having someone capable of putting you back together on location, or taking a a first aid class yourself.
Vicarious? — 21 October 2006, 22:42
Hikers, backpackers, climbers, and other more mundane sports enthusiasts have for many years followed the obvious safety rule. Get first aid training, and always pack a first aid kit.

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