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 * Flashlights, power packs, grappling gear, heavy duty wiring and ropes, survival packs (and rations), heavy cutting gear, harnesses, underwater breathing apparatus, spades and pickaxes, flares, pattern enhancers.
+===ISARAS===
+[[Image:ISARAS.jpg|150px|right]]The Integrated Search and Rescue Armour System (ISARAS) is a modular armoured vest system based on the Crye and CIRAS systems of 21st century Earth, designed specifically for the varied duty requirements of the SAR Team.  The vest itself provides superior protection from physical attack as well as substantial protection from most energy-based weapons fire.
+The ISARAS can be fitted with numerous pouches and clips and customized to the individual wearer and their role on the SAR Team.  For example, an engineer may have -- in addition to the phaser holster standard on all configurations -- a tricorder pouch and various tool and equipment pouches/clips, while a medical officer would carry advanced medkits, hyposprays, etc.  A marine participant may have the majority of their ISARAS dedicated to carrying weaponry and explosives, depending on the role the individual has been asked to fill.
+===Search & Rescue Duty Uniform (SDU)===
+[[Image:Marine-SAR-uni.jpg|150px|right]]In certain circumstances, wearing a standard Starfleet duty inform is not practical.  In such instances, SAR Teams can choose to wear a specially-designed duty uniform known as the SDU.  The SDU is made of a lightweight, but extraordinarily durable synthetic fibre that is highly resistant to heat, cold and tearing.  The SDU is also a temperature-regulating fabric, allowing its wearing to better adapt to extreme temperatures and/or rapid change in temperature.
+Shown at right is the Marine version of the SDU.  While deployed on a SAR Team, a participant would wear an SDU in the appropriate department colour.
+===Type 33 CQC===
+[[Image:PHASER-type33-CQC.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Type 33 CQC Phaser Rifle]]
+The Type 33 Close Quarters Combat Phaser Rifle is the newest addition to the Starfleet armoury.  Production began in early 2388 in response to problems and concerns raised by Starfleet officers participating in the retaking of space station [[Deep Space 17]] during the [[Second Battle of Eratis]].  The Type 33 CQC's compact design is intended to make operating in confined spaces, such as the corridors and jeffries tubes of DS17, far easier.  Total length of the Type 33 CQC is 688mm (27.08 inches) and its weight is 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs).
+The type 33 is the primary rifle of choice for standard SAR operations going forward, due to their small, lightweight design.
+===Type 28===
+[[Image:PHASER-type28.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Type 28 Phaser Rifle]]
+Initially designed as a special operations rifle for the Starfleet Marines, the Type 28 was quickly adopted as a useful mid-level workhorse rifle for Search and Rescue.  Though not as compact as the Type 33, the 28's modular nature makes it a very useful tool -- the targeting sight can be swapped out for several different types of sight and the folding fore-grip can also be removed and replaced with a flashlight, scanner or one of several other types of tool.
+===Type 204 SOSAR===
+[[Image:PHASER-type204-SOSAR.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Type 204 SOSAR Phaser Rifle]]
+The Type 204 SOSAR (Special Operations - Search And Rescue) has the distinction of being the only phaser designed specifically for Starfleet Search and Rescue.  Based loosely on the Type 200 rifle -- which is still used by some marine contingents -- the 204 SOSAR includes many improvements, including an adjustable telescoping stock, a rail system to allow the attachment of various scanning and infrared tools, an extremely durable plasteel body and the standard attachment of a grenade launcher (primarily for using "flash-bang" grenades).
+The SOSAR is clearly a rifle used in more hostile situations, where it is known ahead of time that a SAR Team will face serious opposition to their goals from well-armed adversaries.
+===Type 32 and 32A OSR===
+[[Image:PHASER-type32-32aOSR.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Type 32 & 32A OSR Phaser Rifles]]
+A rather larger rifle, the Type 32's base design was adapted to become the Type 33 CQC.  A workhorse rifle, the 32 is still used in many combat situations, primarily by Starfleet Marines, but also in some situations by Starfleet Security.  Many prefer it's more ergonomic design to that of the SOSAR.  It's length makes the 32 generally ill-suited to SAR operations, but it's Operational Support Rifle variant -- the Type 32A OSR -- has become standard equipment in any Search and Rescue department.  Essentially a sniper rifle, the 32A goes by the much less militaristic sounding name of "Operational Support Rifle."  The 32A OSR shares the same body as the Type 32, with a longer barrel, more advanced and higher quality targeting sight and a folding bipod.  The purpose of the OSR is to provide support for evacuations and protection for SAR Team members performing their duties in hostile environments.
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