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District equipment library

The equipment listed below is available for Groups and Units to borrow to support programmes and events.

To borrow equipment, contact the District Quartermaster

District Quartermaster: Dave Christmas

Radios

  • Motorola PMRs and chargers
  • Handheld CB Radios – Use AA Batteries
  • 5m mountable arial – For use with CBs
  • Walkie Talkies – Use AA Batteries

Tents

  • Mess Tent
  • Event Shelter

Outside Toilets

  • Toilet Tents (Several)
  • Chemical Toilets – Responsible volunteer must have valid greenfield permit or endorsement

Paddle Boarding Equipment

  • Stand up paddle boards – Rigid, Not Inflatable. Must check category of water, may require a permit.
  • Buoyancy aids
  • Pattles
  • Helmets

Pioneering and rafting equipment

Check with Dave Bixby on what equipment is needed

  • Staves
  • Bamboo Poles
  • Cable drums (chariots etc.)
  • Polythene drums (rafting)
  • Ropes – both sisal and polypropylene
  • Pulleys, blocks, ground anchors, slings etc.
  • Buoyancy aids for rafting

Other Equipment

  • Defibrillator
  • Hurricane lamps
  • Tilley lamps
  • Recruitment banners
  • 14 panel display boards
  • Recruitment posters
  • Pop-up litter bins
  • Hi-viz tabards
  • Laptop
  • Projector
  • Screens
  • Flip charts
  • CPR Practice Mannequins
  • Training Defiibrillator

Activity Equipment

  • Soft Archery
  • Mini hawks (Acrylic)
  • Tomahawks – Tim Kerridge verifies volunteer suitability
  • Space Hoppers
  • Handball Goals
  • Business Manufacture (Trading Post Game) – Contact Dave Bixby to use this item
  • Trackers – Contact Mark Renton to use this item
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