The rescue team from Pingtung County has checked all equipment and will rush to Turkey for disaster relief.

(Provided by Pingtung County Fire Department)

[Reporter Ye Yongqian/Pingtung Report] A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter Scale occurred in the Kahramanmaraş province in southern Turkey on the morning of February 6, local time. The surrounding neighboring provinces include Hatay ( Hatay, Gaziantep, Adana and other places caused serious casualties. The county magistrate Zhou Chunmi immediately instructed the fire station search and rescue team to get ready and set off at Zhushan, Nantou at 1 pm today, preparing to go to Turkey for support Disaster relief.

The Pingtung County International Humanitarian Rescue Team includes 2 doctors and 2 nurses, a total of 40 people, and a total of 3,993.71 kilograms of various disaster relief equipment. The team is led by Chen Shihong, deputy head of the Special Search Brigade of the Fire Department, and is expected to fly to Turkey today To support the disaster relief, go to Zhushan, Nantou at 1:00 p.m. to assemble and then arrange a flight. Due to the dilapidated walls and bad weather in the disaster-stricken area in Turkey, Zhou Chunmi, the county magistrate, specially reminded the disaster relief personnel to pay attention to safety and prepare warm clothes.

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In recent years, the Fire Department has promoted the ability classification of search and rescue teams, strengthened the central and local disaster relief partnership mechanism, and handled the application of search and rescue team ability classification tests. Pingtung County became the fourth certified team in the country after Taipei City, New Taipei City, and Taitung County in 2011. , and it is the first medium-sized search and rescue team certified by the western counties and cities outside the municipality directly under the central government. Ambulance, medical, structural and other specialties, in order to win the golden rescue time, the Pingtung County International Humanitarian Rescue Team has completed mobilization and will rush to Turkey for rescue, demonstrating the spirit of humanitarian care that does not respect national borders.

Each member of the rescue team in Pingtung County underwent a physical examination before heading to Turkey for disaster relief.

The rescue team from Pingtung County is fully equipped and will rush to Turkey for disaster relief.

(Provided by Pingtung County Fire Department)