A mission team from the German aid organ­i­sa­tion @fire arrived in the Turk­ish earth­quake zone on Tues­day night. The team of 17 disas­ter relief work­ers and two rescue dogs left Frank­furt Airport for the disas­ter area on Monday evening.

After their arrival at Adana Airport, the @fire team, together with other inter­na­tional teams, first took over the oper­a­tion of the Reception/Department Centre (RDC). The arriv­ing inter­na­tional search and rescue teams are regis­tered and coor­di­nated there. The RDC is thus taking on a first impor­tant task in coor­di­nat­ing inter­na­tional aid under the umbrella of the United Nations Inter­na­tional Search and Rescue Advi­sory Group (INSARAG).

The aid organ­i­sa­tion @fire is part of the United Nations Inter­na­tional Search and Rescue Advi­sory Group (INSARAG) and was clas­si­fied as the world’s first Light USAR Team in 2021. 

@fire - Inter­na­tionaler Katas­tro­phen­schutz Deutsch­land e. V. is a non-profit civil protec­tion orga­ni­za­tion that has been provid­ing rapid emer­gency aid world­wide follow­ing devas­tat­ing natural disas­ters since 2002. Respon­ders are specially trained in wild­land fire­fight­ing (WFF) and search and rescue of buried victims after earth­quakes (USAR). All of the more than 400 members are involved in national and inter­na­tional disas­ter relief on a volun­tary and unpaid basis. The civil protec­tion orga­ni­za­tion was clas­si­fied as the world’s first Light USAR Team by the United Nations Inter­na­tional Search and Rescue Advi­sory Group (INSARAG) in 2021 and oper­ates accord­ing to inter­na­tional stan­dards. Fund­ing for oper­a­tions, train­ing, and equip­ment is primar­ily donor-funded.

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