The Singapore Civil Defence Force has been on the ground in Turkey following the Turkey-Syria earthquake that devastated the region and killed about 24,000 people at the time of writing.
The SCDF managed to rescue a man from a “semi-collapsed” building in 30 minutes, after receiving reports of faint calls for help from the 2nd floor of a building.
5 elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) team members, a paramedic and the Local Emergency Management Agency (LEMA) conducted a rescue operation to find the man and rescue him.
SCDF’s Facebook statement
[Update 5: Joint Rescue Operation at Kanlıdere Cd., Dulkadiroğlu/Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye]
Yesterday at about 8 p.m. (10 Feb, 1 a.m., Singapore time), the advance team from SCDF’s Operation Lionheart (OLH) contingent was dispatched together with the Local Emergency Management Agency (LEMA) to conduct a search and rescue operation at Kanlıdere Cd., after reports of faint calls for help were heard coming from a semi-collapse 2-storey building.
Upon arrival at the location, five elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) personnel and a paramedic worked closely with LEMA to conduct the search and rescue operation.
After ensuring the stability of the semi-collapsed building, LEMA and SCDF accessed the second floor through the back of the building where the faint calls were heard. SCDF used a fibre-optic scope and confirmed that a man was trapped behind a large concrete slab. LEMA then used breaking equipment to create an opening. The man was rescued within half an hour.
Throughout this operation, LEMA and SCDF were in constant contact with the trapped man. He was brought down from the building and was attended to by the locals.