A team of urban search and rescue specialists from B.C. has deployed to Turkey's earthquake zone after independently offering to help
The Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue Team has deployed to Turkey's earthquake zone after independently offering to help.
Tokmak says he’s been in regular communication with the team made up mostly of firefighters from Burnaby, and last he heard they were in a co-ordination meeting with other searchers, many of whom are from different countries. By Tuesday evening, he says the team was on its way, bringing rescue equipment, tents and other supplies that allow the members to be self-sufficient.
The consul general says search and rescue efforts right now are “a race against time” to find people who may be alive and buried under rubble in cold winter weather.
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