On Wednesยญday evening, 17 more disasยญter relief workยญers and another rescue dog took off from Frankยญfurt Airport for Turkey. Three more task forces will join them from Basel on Thursday.
The helpers will compleยญment and support the search and rescue team that has been workยญing in Kahraยญmanยญmaraล in the southยญern part of Anatoยญlia since Tuesยญday. Drei der Einsatzkrรคfte unterยญstรผtzen zudem weitยญerยญhin das Reception/Department Center (RDC) am Flughafen Adana. The arrivยญing interยญnaยญtional search and rescue teams are regisยญtered and coorยญdiยญnated there.
This means that a total of 40 volunยญteers from the German aid organยญiยญsaยญtion @fire are now workยญing in the Turkยญish earthยญquake zone with three rescue dogs. Numerยญous other helpers support the mission in logisยญtics or in the home staff from Germany.
The USAR team was able to rescue two people alive from collapsed houses early on Wednesยญday mornยญing. The rescue work has been going on continยญuยญously since then. More people have already been located in several collapsed buildยญings. Fires in the rubble and freezยญing temperยญaยญtures are compliยญcatยญing work in the disasยญter area.
@fire - Interยญnaยญtionaler Katasยญtroยญphenยญschutz Deutschยญland e. V. is a non-profit civil protecยญtion orgaยญniยญzaยญtion that has been providยญing rapid emerยญgency aid worldยญwide followยญing devasยญtatยญing natural disasยญters since 2002. Responยญders are specially trained in wildยญland fireยญfightยญing (WFF) and search and rescue of buried victims after earthยญquakes (USAR). All of the more than 400 members are involved in national and interยญnaยญtional disasยญter relief on a volunยญtary and unpaid basis. The civil protecยญtion orgaยญniยญzaยญtion was clasยญsiยญfied as the worldโs first Light USAR Team by the United Nations Interยญnaยญtional Search and Rescue Adviยญsory Group (INSARAG) in 2021 and operยญates accordยญing to interยญnaยญtional stanยญdards. Fundยญing for operยญaยญtions, trainยญing, and equipยญment is primarยญily donor-funded.
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