IHSART is fortunate to have a multitalented pool of members. To keep costs down, rescuers adapt their equipment to meet their particular needs. For example, they convert camcorders into divers '" eyes, "and they use home-brewed methods such as putting watermelons into a river to determine where corpses may have been carried by the current.
除了藝高人膽大，為了要節省經費，十八般武藝樣樣精通的隊員還自己動手改造救難器材，例如在水下機器人身上加裝俗稱「眼睛」的錄影機，或是土法煉鋼，利用質量與人體相彷的西瓜，來判斷「水流屍」的去向。