Development and testing of Asap Rescue Hero water craft to pre production level

当一个人开始溺水并进入水中时，救援人员大约有90秒的时间才能开始出现脑损伤并失去意识，因此在水中救援中速度是至关重要的。现有的桨板依赖于救援者的技能和力量。由于许多慈善机构/志愿者运营的救生员站，他们没有足够的预算来进行培训和摩托艇，也没有足够的预算来支付持续的运营成本。“尽快救援英雄”是一艘小型单人发射电动救援艇。它由电力驱动，成本效益高，可以使用可再生能源充电。该船也可以部署在难以到达的地方，如洞穴和狭窄的弯道，可以用于搜索和救援。国际上对该产品的需求来自救生员组织和水上运动休闲企业。Asap Rescue Hero有一个创新的封闭式推进系统，可以防止叶片伤害，并使其在各种环境中安全使用。该项目将对推进系统进行全面开发，并制造10架预生产型原型机，用于不同救援场景的评估。最初的商业计划是在英国生产，并在5年内每年销售1000台，其中一半以上出口到包括澳大利亚、南非和欧洲在内的目标地区。该船的重点是拯救生命，但作为一艘休闲船，该船有更广泛的下游应用，它不仅可以用来发展业务，还可以用来支持救援部门的供应。

When a person starts drowning and taking on water, rescuers have around 90 seconds beforebrain damage can begin to set in and the person loses consciousness, therefore speed is of theessence in water rescues. Existing paddleboards rely on the skill and strength of the rescuer.With many charity/ volunteer run lifeguard stations they do not have a large budget fortraining and motorised jet skis – and to cover the ongoing running costs.The Asap Rescue Hero is a small one-person launch, electric motorised rescue craft. Beingpowered by electric it is cost effective and can be recharged using renewable energy sources.The craft can also be deployed in hard to reach locations such as caves and narrow windingsand can be used in search and rescue.There is international demand for this product from lifeguard organisations and sports andleisure businesses running water based events. The Asap Rescue Hero has an innovativeenclosed propulsion system which prevents injury from blades and makes it safe to use in awide range of environments.This project is to fully develop the propulsion system and make 10 pre production prototypesfor evaluation in different rescue scenarios.The initial business plan is to manufacture the units in the UK and sell up to 1000 units perannum within 5 years with over half being exported to target territories including Australia,South Africa and Europe. The key focus is to save lives, but the unit has a wider downstreamapplication as a leisure craft, which will generate revenues which can be used not only togrow the business, but also to support provision to the rescue sector.