USAR is the abbreviation of “Urban Search and Rescue” and includes the search, location, rescue and (medical) care of people after building collapses. The need for USAR operations often follows earthquakes or explosions. In particular, @fire specializes in international USAR operations following earthquakes. As a member of INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group), the @fire USAR team operates according to United Nations standards.
The survival time of buried victims after earthquakes is severely limited, resulting in the need for rapid initiation of search and rescue activities. Therefore, the @fire USAR team is able to reach any country in the world within 24 h after an earthquake event - provided that a correspondingly fast transport option can be used.
The @fire team has the capacity to set up a base of operation in the affected country and to be self-sufficient for 10 days during search and rescue operations. This includes catering and sanitary facilities as well as accommodation, communication and leadership. During the deployment, contact is maintained with the operations staff in Germany via various communication channels. From this staff, the team is provided with background information and supported in many areas.
Last weekend @fire was able to hand over a USAR (Urban Search & Rescue) trailer with Paratech rescue props to the Ukrainian Civil Defence (Mobile Rescue Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine). The trailer...
The Light USAR team from @fire was again on duty today at several collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras. Rescue dogs had struck at two collapsed houses. With technical locating equipment and additional rescue dogs, the...
The Light USAR team from @fire was again on duty today at several collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras. Rescue dogs had struck at two collapsed houses. With technical locating equipment and additional rescue dogs, the...
Less than 24 hours after the devastating earthquake in Turkey, the first aid workers from the German aid organization @fire were on the ground on Monday. With a total of 38 emergency personnel and three...
In a joint rescue operation with the rescue teams SARAID (UK), SARUV (AT) and AKDF (TR), the Light USAR team of @fire (DE) was able to save another human life in Kahramanmaraş on Friday evening....
The @fire search and rescue team is tirelessly continuing the search for trapped people in the hard-hit town of Kahramanmaraş. Rescue dogs and technical equipment are used non-stop to search for survivors in the...
A mother and her six-year-old daughter were rescued alive from a collapsed house in the Turkish town of Kahramanmaraş during the night. The response teams from the German aid organization @fire and the British aid...
On Wednesday evening, 17 more disaster relief workers and another rescue dog took off from Frankfurt Airport for Turkey. Three more task forces will join them from Basel on Thursday. The helpers will complement...
The rescue team of the German civil protection organisation @fire was able to save two people alive from several collapsed apartment blocks in the city of Kahramanmaras (Turkey) early this morning. The 17-member search...
In Armenia, there has been a serious explosion in a shopping center in the capital Yerevan. According to previous reports, at least 16 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured. Presumably, a warehouse with...