IrvinGQ Search and Rescue Equipment

The IrvinGQ CE Certified Abseil Descender and Harness provide a safe, secure and controlled method of descent from fixed structures or helicopters.

The IrvinGQ Aircrew Cutter Mk 1 is designed to cut parachute rigging lines and restraint harness webbing. It was developed for the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) to replace the Emergency Knife Mk 3.

The Aircraft Survival Pack type A Mk2 is designed to provide emergency, life sustaining supplies to aircrew and passengers in the case of an emergency landing and/or crash.

The IrvinGQ Aircrew Safety Belt provides in-flight security for air despatchers, parachute jump instructors and aircrew operating by open aircraft doors and ramps.

The Aerial Rescue Kit (ARK) marine version is a hand-launched life saving system, capable of being deployed from a wide variety of aircraft utilising the aft ramp or side door.

The Child Rescue Valise (CRV) has been designed to provide a means of winch lifting a small child up to 45kg in weight, into a helicopter when that child is too small to be lifted by a Helicopter Rescue Strop.

The Grabbit hook is designed to aid the rescue of a survivor wearing an aircrew life preserver. It is for use when other methods of rescue may be difficult, that is, by night, during rough weather or when the survivor is injured.

IrvinGQ supply a range of helicopter rescue harnesses to lower Search And Rescue Crewman to survivors and helicopter rescue strops to hoist the SAR crewman and survivor up to the helicopter.

The helicopter rescue strop is designed primarily to facilitate the rescue of survivors from the sea; however, it is permissible to use the strop to rescue survivors in other conditions.

The HARK is the most advanced search and rescue aerial deployed life raft system on the market.

The IrvinGQ Hi-Line Transfer Assembly has been developed with safety in mind.  During rescue operations in high seas Search And Rescue (SAR) crewmen are in danger of being struck by the ship's masts or rigging.

The IrvinGQ Lightweight crew harness is designed to provide maximum safety and comfort while performing crewman and SAR swimmer duties in the cabin of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

IrvinGQ designs and manufactures Personal Survival Packs PSP primarily for the use of helicopter aircrew in the event of emergency egress.

Survivors can succumb to hypothermia long before a traditional helicopter or boat rescue team can reach the scene. SKAD can be utilised for water or land rescues and is readily adaptable to suit various life raft and survival equipment configurations.