As they get ready to replace exhausted personnel in a Turkish city hit by a huge earthquake, Australian rescue workers have viewed fallen buildings and houses reduced to rubble.
The Hatay province’s Antakya is home to the federal government’s disaster aid response team, which is waiting for orders on where to concentrate its first search and rescue operations after the earthquake.
The 72-person crew, which is mostly composed of trained NSW firemen, arrived in the nation on Sunday.
They used cutting-edge technology to assist locate survivors of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6.
Tuesday (Australian time) video provided by the foreign affairs department showed the team inspecting buildings that had been reduced to rubble, including some that were suspending crushed automobiles meters above the ground.
The nation’s deadliest earthquake in recent history, which has cost more than 37,000 people nationwide, including three Australians in southern Turkey and northern Syria, particularly hard on the city.
The Australian team intends to repeat the Monday rescue of two women and two children in Antakya, while some Polish rescuers are planning to depart the country on Wednesday as cold temperatures further reduce already narrow odds of survival.
Telescopic cameras and seismic detection equipment used by the Australians can pick up the tiniest movements of people buried underneath.
According to a statement released by Fire and Rescue NSW on Tuesday, “the rescue equipment also comprises a tremendous variety of instruments, including jackhammers, power drills, metal cutting gear, heavy lifting, concrete cutting chainsaws, and rope systems.”
The Australian force will perform 12-hour shifts around-the-clock to relieve worn-out multinational workers already deployed in accordance with United Nations regulations.
On Sunday evening, the group arrived in Adana, from whence they were transported to Antakya.
The rescue and search teams explored the city’s streets while taking in the extensive devastation.
In order to minimize their influence on nearby towns and authorities, the Australians “have carried their own food rations, water purification, first aid kits, and tents and have constructed an entirely self-sufficient base camp,” according to Fire and Rescue NSW.
Chief Superintendent Darryl Dunbar, the team’s head, is scheduled to speak to the media in Antakya on Tuesday night.
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