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Vehicles and trailers
The team operates a comprehensively equipped fleet of emergency vehicles and trailers to enable it to respond to the wide range of incidents (and areas) that the team is called out to.
"First Response" vehicles - Defender 110 "County". Two in service, BM1 "Tony" and BM2 "General", both able to carry five personnel or a stretcher with casualty, an attendant and driver. Each carries a wide range of search, rescue and casualty care equipment, including oxygen resuscitation and pulse monitoring equipment, Entonox® gas, search lighting, crag and line rescue kit, three different types of stretchers, casualty shelter tents, comprehensive first aid kits and spinal management splints.
Incident Support vehicle - Defender 110 "Hard Top", BM3 "Nellie". One in service, able to transport two personnel, and carry a wide range of equipment to compliment our First Response vehicles and to support the team in its search and rescue role.
The 4 Landrover vehicles, pictured here at the Ladybridge Hall base.
Defender 110 CSW Personnel Carrier - BM4. One in service, used as a seven seater personnel carrier, with an independent rescue capability.
Control trailer - Fitted out to enable command, control and communications of a search and rescue incident, it is equipped with mobile phones, mountain rescue and ambulance radio equipment, computer & monitor including local area digital mapping in a variety of formats, printing, scanning, laminating and photocopying facilities, a twelve metre extendable radio mast and full interior lighting. Power is supplied by a portable generator.
Mobile catering unit - A fully fitted out kitchen trailer, with power and lighting supplied by its own portable generator. Beverages and quick-to-prepare ready meals are in stock to feed the full forty strong team for 24 hours away from any support facilities.
Aireshelta air inflated shelter tent - 2.4 x 3.6 metres - this versatile fully weatherproof shelter tent is utilised by the team as a briefing facility, messing facility, and debriefing facility. It also has a role in any major incident response where the team may need in-the-field shelter for an extended period of operations.
Our trio of Control trailer, Catering trailer, and Aireshelta, complete with their own portable generator unit means the team can operate as a complete self-contained unit for at least 24 hours in a field situation without external support.
All our vehicles and trailers have been purchased entirely by the team's own fund raising efforts, along with grants and donations (With particular thanks to the National Lotteries Charities Board, Miss Ellen Sykes and the M2002 Commonwealth Games).
Stretchers
The two Landrover "First Response" vehicles each carry:
- Bell Mountain Rescue stretcher with integral headguard
- Lightweight "Quick Rescue" stretcher
- Dynamed "Bakpak" full length spine board with head immobilisation blocks
- Full length vacuum mattress
Our Landrover Incident Support vehicle carries:
- Troll Alphin Mountain Rescue stretcher
- A Neil Robertson stretcher
- Two-Piece Basket stretcher
- Orthopaedic scoop stretcher
- Dynamed "Bakpak" full length spine board with head immobilisation blocks
Our Landrover Personnel vehicle carries:
- Troll Alphin Mountain Rescue stretcher
- Dynamed "Bakpak" full length spine board with head immobilisation blocks
All four mountain rescue stretchers carried on our vehicles are complete with full casualty restraint quick release systems, with lifting tapes to enable horizontal and vertical lowering or raising.
Casualty Care equipment
Our two Landrover "First Response" vehicles each carry:
- Oxygen therapy and resuscitation kit
- Entonox® analgesic kit
- "Little Dragon" hot air warming kit
- Ambu resuscitator
- Physio Control Lifepack 500 Automated External Defibrillator
- Long Board with head immobilisation blocks
- Full size range of cervical collars
- Comprehensive "Trauma Sack"; contents includes SAM splints, full set of airways, cas straps and dressings.
- Donway traction splint
- KED Splint
- 3 piece vacuum splint set (Arm, full leg, and ankle splints)
- Aspirator
- Pulse oximeter kit
- Sphygmomanometer
Our Landrover Incident Support vehicle carries:
- Oxygen therapy and resuscitation kit
- Entonox® analgesic kit
- "Little Dragon" hot air warming kit
- Ambu resuscitator
- Physio Control Lifepack 500 Automated External Defibrillator
- Long Board with head immobilisation blocks
- Full size range of cervical collars
- 5 comprehensive first response kits
- Spinal extrication splint
- 3 piece vacuum splint set (Arm, full leg, and ankle splints)
- Aspirator
- Pulse oximeter kit
- Sphygmomanometer
Our Landrover Personnel Carrier carries:
- Oxygen therapy and resuscitation kit
- Physio Control Lifepack 500 Automated External Defibrillator
- Entonox® analgesic kit
- Long Board with head immobilisation blocks
- Full size range of cervical collars
- 3 piece vacuum splint set (Arm, full leg, and ankle splints)
- 2 comprehensive first response kits
- Aspirator
- Pulse oximeter kit
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