Three days after the earthquake in Turkey, rescuers are racing against time to save those they can. This earthquake has already caused the death of more than 11,200 people, according to the latest official and provisional reports released on Wednesday: 8,574 in Turkey, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and 2,662 in Syria, according to authorities and rescue workers in rebel areas.
According to the Turkish president, 50,000 people were injured and rescued three days after the disaster. Syrian doctors and authorities mentioned 5,000 wounded. To treat these people, but also to find those still buried under the rubble, many countries have offered their help. This assistance takes the form, in particular, of sending lifeguards. 136 French rescuers and firefighters thus took their way to Turkey on Monday, accompanied by 10 dogs, according to the Interior Ministry.
BFMTV followed a French civilian security team in Osmaniye, in southern Turkey.
mobilized dog teams
In the middle of the night, rescuers search for people under rubble and cinder blocks. “We have just learned that about half an hour ago, a person called for help under the rubble,” says Lt. Col. Cyrille.
To try to find victims, they use dogs. When the latter intervene, the rest of the crew must divert. Therefore, a canine team set off alone among the rubble.
“The more people there are, the more parasitic odors there will be and the more difficult it will be for him to differentiate between the odors of the victims who are supposed to be left under the rubble and the odors of the rescuers,” explains one of the Rescuers.
A “projectable” hospital deployed
Finally, the dog barks, which may mean that it has detected something. Therefore, the rescue teams send a radar, which must “detect the noise emitted by the victims”, specifies Sergeant Marion. Ultimately no victim was found.
French rescuers will continue their operations and will be joined in Turkey by “81 members of civil security military training and fire brigade personnel,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Wednesday, confirming an announcement by Gard firefighters.
These 81 people will work in a “projectable” field hospital of the French Civil Security. This is the ESCRIM unit, which is, according to its website, an “air-transportable” and “autonomous” hospital at the place of deployment. He “develops a medical-surgical and obstetric activity in a structure of 1000 m² of tents for a period of 2 to 8 weeks.”
Source: BFM TV
