1. Fathom Five 2005 Scuba Diver Safety Awareness Program (SDSAP)
Karen Lassen, Parks Canada
Glen Dunham, Parks Canada
Dr. George Harpur, Tobermory Hyperbaric Centre
Raimund Krob, Ontario Underwater Council

2. The goals of this presentation are to:
show you why Fathom Five needs a Scuba Diver Safety Awareness Program (SDSAP)
familiarize you with the stakeholders that contributed to the development of the Fathom Five SDSAP
show you the major components of the Fathom Five SDSAP and the estimated costs
inform you of the approach employed
invite you to submit any final improvements / suggestions
ask for your approval to proceed and advise you of the next steps

3. Why Fathom Five needs a Scuba Diver Safety Awareness Program
After a 7-year track record of no fatalities between 1989 and 1995, the annual
Scuba Diver Fatality Rate-per-2,000 registrations has started an
unacceptable upward trend. The goal of the SDSAP is to reverse this trend.

4. Fathom Five SDSAP Stakeholders*
Parks Canada (Fathom Five) staff
Dr. George Harpur, Tobermory Hyperbaric Centre
Tobermory Dive Retailers / Charter Operators
Ontario Underwater Council
Board Members
Retail Members
Instructor Members
Dive Master Members
Club Executive Members
Scuba Diving OUC Members & non-OUC Members
*Stakeholders are all the groups/people that contributed to and/or
will benefit from Fathom Five’s 2005 Scuba Diver Safety Awareness Program (SDSAP)

5. The 6 “building blocks” of Fathom Five’s SDSAP
A completely-revised Scuba Diver Registration form
A completely-revised Fathom Five “Diving Guide” brochure
A brand-new Fathom Five “Scuba Diver Safety Recommendations & Regulations” poster
A brand-new new Fathom Five “Scuba Diver Fatality Charts” document
A brand-new Fathom Five “Scuba Diver Self-Evaluation Checklist”
A brand-new Fathom Five “Scuba Diving Sites Location” document
All SDSAP deliverables feature a common “look & feel”, employ
consistent language & terminology, and reinforce (or build) on one-another.

6. Estimated Incremental Costs of the SDSAP’s 6 building blocks
$200 (assume 5,000 b&w 4¢ per copy)
$0 (assume brochure is being reprinted anyways)
$230 (assume $30 for 1 colour 3-foot by 4-foot poster plus $200 for 5,000 b&w 4¢ per copy)
$0 (assume 1 x 8.5” x 11” colour print)
$200 (assume 5,000 b&w 4 ¢ per copy)
Total: $830
These costs are estimates based on the identified assumptions only. Therefore if any of the underlying assumptions change, then so will the costs.

7. SDSAP deliverable #1: Revise old Diver Registration form (below)
The old registration card took scuba divers’ names, took their addresses,
took their information, and took their money. In exchange, scuba divers
were given little more than a numbered plastic tag.

8. SDSAP deliverable #1: New Scuba Diver Registration form (below)
The new (legal-sized) Diver Registration form gives valuable information to
scuba divers on how to safely enjoy their visit to Fathom Five. The information
it asks from divers has been made current with the times, and yes, scuba
divers are still given that same numbered plastic tag!
Please mouse-over the icon to view.

9. SDSAP deliverable #2: Completely-revised “Diving Guide” brochure
More than 100 updates, featuring:
Updated Safety recommendations
New “Emergency Contact” numbers
“Caution” symbols for selected sites
Dozens of updates on Dive sites
A soft copy of the completely-revised Fathom Five Diving Guide brochure
is currently not available. Please see Fathom Five staff for a hard copy.

10. SDSAP deliverable #3: Brand-new Safety Recommendations & Regulations poster
The proposal is to post this prominently on a wall in the Diver Registration Office, in a 3-foot wide and 4-foot tall format and/or to hand-out in 8.5” x 11” format to registering divers. Please mouse-over to view.

11. SDSAP deliverable #4: Scuba Diver Fatality Charts
The proposal is to post this immediately underneath the Safety Recommendations and Regulations poster in an 8.5” x 11” format.
Please mouse-over to view.

12. SDSAP deliverable #5: Scuba Diver Self-Evaluation Checklist
The proposal is to either post this in 8.5” x 11” format in the Diver Registration office, or to make it available to be handed out to Registering Divers. Mouse-over to view.

13. SDSAP deliverable #6: Fathom Five Scuba Sites
The proposal is to either post this in 8.5” x 11” format in the Diver Registration office, or make it available to be handed out to Registering Divers as an add-on to the Diver Guide brochure. This will be a VERY popular document. Please Mouse-over to view.

14. The approach that was employed:
Meeting called with Parks Canada Fathom Five Staff Karen Lassen & Glen Dunham, Dr. George Harpur, and OUC Director of Sport Safety Raimund Krob on
All available scuba statistics for Fathom Five, Ontario, and North America were reviewed.
The team then brainstormed & documented the many ideas
Brainstormed ideas were filtered into 2 categories:
“immediately actionable” ideas (these had to be inexpensive, easy, & fast), and
“for future consideration” ideas
The team then executed an attack plan on the “immediately actionable” ideas, through an iterative, intensive, rapid-fire authoring-and-peer-review process until completion 8 days later ( ).
A final walk-through was conducted on
Archived “for future consideration” ideas for later

15. Any improvements or suggestions (immediately-actionable or otherwise)?

16. Next steps… Secure your approval to proceed
If you do not approve, please advise why not
Also please advise what you would approve
Print everything that needs to be printed
Post everything that needs to be posted
Inform / Train Diver Registration Office Management & Staff
Monitor roll-out closely & feed back to Parks Canada & OUC.

17. Back-up Slide/s
Reducing fatalities by applying safety awareness to “Standard Accident Pyramid” theoretical model.
TBD

18. The “Standard Accident Pyramid” Theoretical Model
1000*
Unsafe Acts
100*
Minor Injuries
10*
Major Injuries 1*
Fatality
*Note: numbers shown are not representative of Scuba Diving and are shown for illustrative (theoretical) purposes only.
Every 1000* unsafe acts will drive 100* minor injuries
Every 100* minor injuries will drive 10* major injuries
Every 10* major injuries will drive 1* fatality.
To reduce fatalities at the top of the pyramid, reduce the numbers of unsafe acts at the bottom of the pyramid!
To reduce unsafe acts at the bottom of the pyramid, increase safety awareness!
To increase safety awareness, implement a safety awareness program!