Water Search and Rescue Team Kit
The Water Search & Rescue Team is always grateful to our Equipment supporters with out their kindness we can not support the work we do.
We as a team are grateful to the support of Typhoon International who are kindly supporting us with our response teams Drysuits.
We are often asked how much it costs to kit out our response teams, so we thought we would give you a list to our equipment equipment
Our Equipment and their Sponsors
| Equipment Type | Home Team | Cost to Purchase | Equipment Sponsor |
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Dry-suit and Thermals |
All Hubs | £480 | Typhoon International |
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Shoes | £115 | |
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Buoyancy Aid, with Harness | £97 | |
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Helmet | £83 | |
| Whistle | £2 | ||
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Knife | £3 | |
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Throw bag on Quick Release Belt | £58 | |
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Gloves | £45 | |
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Waterproof Head Torch | £25 | |
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3 Locking HMS Karabinas | £25 | |
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Length of Tape | £14 | |
| Pulley | £33 | ||
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2 Prusik Loops | £6 | |
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Waterproof Note book and Pencil | £5 | |
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Field Manual | £19 | |
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Training | £435 | |
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Pager | £109 |
Total for one Person is £1,554 and a team, consisting of four people, costs a total of £6,216.
Vehicle Equipment List
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4 | 50M Floating Lines | £550 |
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1 | Kermantle Rope | £175 |
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25 | Karabinas | £193 |
| 3 | Pulleys | £99 | |
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3 | Prusik | £9 |
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2 | belay devices | £240 |
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5 | Lengths of Tape | £70 |
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2 | Rope Protectors | £25 |
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12 | Kit bags | £600 |
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1 | Inflatable Boat | £1850 |
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6 | Paddles | £170 |
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2 | Pair of fins | £50 |
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4 | Poles non metallic | £275 |
| 1 | Reach Pole Kit | £325 | |
| 1 | Litter Rescue Basket | £975 | |
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1 | Spinal Scoop | £899 |
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4 | Casualty Buoyancy Aids | £312 |
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4 | Casualty Helmets | £332 |
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1 | Medical Kit | £289 |
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1 | Decontamination Kit | £250 |
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4 | Scene Lighting | £3562 |
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4 | Search Lighting | £160 |
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4 | Radios | £332 |
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1 | Defibrillator | £987 |
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1 | Team welfare Kit | £275 |
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1 | Oxygen Administration Kit | £175 |
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1 | Vac Splint | £125 |
Total for team kit £12,449
Plus a suitable vehicle to carry the team and kit costing approximately £15,000
The total to put a Team on the road is £33,667.
If you would like to support the Water Search and Rescue Team,
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