Along with their ‘No 1′ dress uniform and blue workwear every member of the team is fully equipped with a set of ‘Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)’. This allows team members to partake in extensive coastline searches on cliff top, beaches or over rock pools at the low tide mark. Each team member is issued with:
- High Visibility Boiler Suit
- Gortex Boots with Toe Protection
- Rough Weather Jacket
- Waterproof Trousers
- Hi vis light jacket
- Automatic inflate 275n life jacket
- Welly Boots
- Petzl Ecrin Roc Helmet
- LED Head Torch
- Search Torch
- VHF Marine Handheld Radio
- Medical Gloves
- Protective Gloves
- Protective Eyewear
- Ear Defenders
- Map of Search Area
- Tide Tables
- Whistle
On incidents, each individual search team carries a search bag and first aid kit or trauma bag. The search bag contains:
- Signalling Flares
- Binoculars
- Supplement PPE
- GPS
- Maps
- Pencil and notebook
