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 task was to verify the suspi­cion. For this purpose, liste­ning devices were used in parti­cu­lar - search came­ras were also used to look into cavi­ties. Howe­ver, the suspi­cions could not be confirmed.

Unfor­tu­na­tely, part of the work of the search and rescue team is to deal with the fact that in many cases they cannot help. At least then the hope remains that they can at least give the rela­tives some certainty about what happe­ned to their loved ones under the rubble.

Further­more, the team was deployed in the surroun­ding area of the city for various recon­nais­sance missions. Further­more, the team was deployed in the surroun­ding area of the city for various recon­nais­sance missions. Further­more, the team was deployed in the surroun­ding area of the city for various recon­nais­sance missions


@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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