Search and Rescue Teams

The picture below shows the cliff rescue equipment that Berry Head vehicle carry's in case of "Emergency decent". When one person absails down to a casualty.

1 - 6 x steel stakes to drive into the ground to provide  anchor points.
2 - Quad pod, allows the main rope to run through a pulley block close to the cliff edge which makes recovery of stretchers easier.
3 - Portable winch, petrol winch used mainly for recovering persons over the cliff or recovery of stuck vehicles.
4 - Caribeners, decenders, wire strops and pulley block.
5 - 16 mm rope 300 ft long x 2.
6 - Scots man, used on the cliff edge to provide     protection for the rope against the cliff.
7 - Helmets x 3.
8 - Cliff harness.
9 - Rescue strop.
The green bag is a first aid kit and the blue item next to it is a cliff top safety harness.
 
 
 

The picture below shows some of the search gear we would carry
1 - Cliff top safety harness and line
2 - gloves
3 - Map and paper
4 - Life jacket
5 - Binoculars
6 - Search areas
7 - Thermal bag
 
 
 
 
 

And finally beach rescue gear
1 - Line for the rescue jacket
2 - Crew saver lifejacket for coastal searches.
3 - Lifejacket with internal harness
4 -Torpedo boy to be used with rescue jacket.
5 - Perry throw line.
6 - Rescue Lifejacket to be used should one of us need to go into the water.
 
 
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