Team 1 of the second echelon of the Taiwan Search and Rescue Team has joined forces with the first echelon. In the second echelon, the Taichung City Fire Department sent 3 people and 2 dogs.

(Retrieved from the Facebook of Taichung City Fire Department)

[Central News Agency] The strong earthquake in Turkey caused many deaths and injuries, and the Taiwan search and rescue team dispatched two echelons of personnel to help.

The fire department said tonight that the members of the first team of the second echelon had arrived in Adiyaman, the disaster-hit area in Turkey, and joined the first-echelon personnel. They will integrate the team and assist in the assessment of the disaster area.

The strong earthquakes in Turkey and Syria killed more than 10,000 people. The Taiwan search and rescue team dispatched two groups of personnel to participate in the rescue on the 6th and 7th Taiwan time respectively. The first echelon included 40 rescuers and 3 search and rescue dogs, and the second echelon consisted of 90 search and rescue personnel. and 2 search and rescue dogs, a total of 130 people and 5 search and rescue dogs.

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According to information from the Fire Department, members of the second echelon of the Taiwan Search and Rescue Team arrived in Istanbul, Turkey at 12:45 noon (Taiwan time) on the 8th, and arrived in Adana, Turkey at 7:25 p.m. ADANA) Airport and report to the United Nations Reception and Evacuation Center (RDC).

Due to the local traffic congestion, the Fire Department said that the first group members of the second echelon will take CMB to move to Adiyaman, the hardest-hit area in Turkey, to support the first echelon search and rescue operation. The members include 10 people from the Fire Department and 3 from the Taichung City Fire Department. People and 2 dogs, 22 people from the Pingtung County Fire Department, 13 people from the Taipei City Fire Department, and translators from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to improve the rescue time.

The fire department told the Central News Agency reporter tonight that because the first team of the second echelon and the first echelon of the Taiwan search and rescue team have joined up, there is enough capacity to carry out rescue operations at the two disaster-hit work sites at the same time. It is suggested that the team can be integrated first, and the Taiwan search and rescue team should give priority to assisting in the assessment of the work site in the disaster area, and clearly determine how many survivors are still there.

Regarding the rescue operation of the second trapped person being handled by the Taiwan search and rescue team, the fire department said that it has been handed over to the Turkish local fire brigade for follow-up, and the members of the Taiwan search and rescue team returned to the operating base to stand by.

The Fire Department pointed out that as for the second group of 42 people staying at Adana Airport, after waiting for the arrival of the consignment equipment, they have also taken a plane to the disaster area to join other members of the Taiwan search and rescue team, and then carry out the next stage of rescue. Work.

Team 1 of the second echelon of the Taiwan Search and Rescue Team has joined forces with the first echelon, and there is enough energy to carry out rescue operations at the two disaster-stricken workplaces at the same time.

The picture shows the Taiwan search and rescue team on-site rescue situation.

(Provided by the Fire Department)

In the second echelon of Taiwan's search and rescue team, the Taichung City Fire Department sent 3 people and 2 dogs to rescue Turkey.

(Retrieved from the Facebook of Taichung City Fire Department)