This Electronic Cave Rescue Incident Management System (CRMIS) has been developed over a number of years in collaboration with the Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group.
CRMIS deals with 4 aspects of cave rescue incident management:
An overview video showing CRIMS functionality and operation
Obtaining CRIMS
Distribution Files
CRIMS 5-3.xlsm (330 KB)
CRIMS Documentation.docx (947 KB)
ImportFile.xlsx (14 KB)
If you have any questions or to obtain a copy for your team email thecaverkeith@gmail.com
Advantages over traditional systems
Traditionally cave rescues have been managed using a T card board along with a hand written incident log. This system has stood the test of time. So why change anything? The aims behind the development of an electronic system were:
To provide more information on the T card board to aid decision making, such as the time that the incident as been running, deployment times for individuals and the length of time that each team has been deployed.
Secondly, to integrate the T card Board and Incident Log so that deployment decisions taken on the T Card Board are automatically recorded in the Incident Log.
And finally to create a system that is simple and quick to operate.
The system was developed in Microsoft Excel, as much of the functionality that was required was already available using Excel functions and formulae. Additional functionality was added using VBA code. It has 3 main components or worksheets:
The T Card Board.
A sheet for managing resources, that is personnel and equipment.
And the Incident Log.
