‘Exhausted’ B.C. rescue team returns home from Turkey earthquake zone Tuesday
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The 10-member crew has been conducting targeted searches in areas where there have been signs of life, as well as supporting other teams. “We do anything from first aid, capacity building for first responders, humanitarian aid, and in this case we’re doing lots of searching of buildings because there are tons of downed buildings, so we are using our search cameras and our acoustic sound devices to listen for people and then try and get to them,” Murchison said.
Thousands of rescue teams, including Turkish coal miners and experts aided by sniffer dogs and thermal cameras, continued to search pulverized apartment blocks for signs of life Monday, however, hopes of finding many more survivors have begun to fade.Officials estimate that more than 5,700 buildings collapsed in Turkey as a result of the quakes.Efforts to find food and shelter for thousands of people left homeless by the disaster continue.
Murchison said they typically have a seven-day deployment window, but the work of other rescue teams will continue after they depart.– with a file from the Associated Press
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