Ready for Action
There is at least one mobile rescue unit on duty daily for each of Oahu's four lifeguard districts (Leeward, North, Windward and South). Two lifeguards are assigned to each mobile unit and receive special training on rescue techniques using a personal watercraft. They assist tower-based lifeguards in their district and also respond to calls at unguarded beaches and offshore up to one mile. Equipment for Honolulu lifeguards mobile rescue unit:
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Rescue watercraft
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Rescue sled: holds person or people being rescued
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Beach dolly: to get rescue craft across sand to ocean (in pickup bed)
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Four-wheel-drive pickup truck
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Radio with harness and waterproof pouch
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Binoculars
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Rescue tube
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Fins, mask and snorkel
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Tow rope
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Safety knife
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First-aid kits
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Wet suit
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Backboard
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Rescue board
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Oxygen |
Not shown: cervical collar and AED (automatic external defibrillator)
