The principle of its formation is "a team of multi-purpose, specialization and combination"; the task is positioned as "rapid search and rescue due to earthquakes or other disasters and accidents caused by the destruction of urban buildings, structures and buried people"; the quality of the rescue team requirements are The quality requirements for the rescue team are "rapid response, high mobility, strong surprise force, able to carry out emergency rescue tasks at any time"; rescue operations are coordinated and directed by the State Council. The rescue team has participated in Xinjiang Gashi, Bachu, Yunnan Dayao, Algeria, Iran and other domestic and international large-scale disaster rescue.
In the Algerian earthquake rescue operation, China International Rescue Team, which participated in the international rescue operation for the first time, relied on the advanced level of science and technology and succeeded in searching and rescuing one survivor and digging out four victims. In the thirty-eight rescue teams involved in the rescue, the total **** only two survivors were rescued, China International Rescue Team is the second team to successfully search for survivors in the earthquake area after the French rescue team. Officials of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) commented on the China International Rescue Team (CIRT) in this way: "The CIRT has become an invaluable force in the international search and rescue arena."
February 24, 2003 20:37 Yancheng City Earthquake Bureau Chen Yong
On the eve of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the July 28 Tangshan Earthquake, the China International Rescue Team (CIRT) carried out a long-distance maneuvering earthquake relief drill to improve the team's ability to provide long-distance emergency relief in case of disasters.
20 0 3 years 12 months 26 minutes local time 5:26 (Beijing time 9:56), the famous ancient city of Bam in southern Iran occurred 70 strong earthquake, according to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the earthquake caused 41 million people dead, more than 30,000 people were injured. The earthquake destroyed 87 percent of the buildings in Bam and left 75,000 people homeless. The government of the affected area was paralyzed, and about 20 hours after the earthquake, the Iranian government sent a request for assistance to the international community. China International Rescue Team (CIRT) was authorized by the State Council and the Central Military Commission to go to the disaster area of Iran to carry out rescue. Figure 1 corner of the city of Bam after the earthquake 1 departure 2 7 1 5:40, the China International Rescue Team in carrying rescue equipment and materials of the special aircraft departed, the rescue deployed 38 rescue workers, journalists 5 people, carrying 4 search dogs ...
Xinhua News, Beijing, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- At the request of the Pakistani government, the Chinese government dispatched an international rescue team on a chartered flight of the China Civil Aviation Corporation (CAAC) to Pakistan to carry out international humanitarian rescue.
The rescue team was led by Zhao Heping, deputy director of the China Earthquake Administration, and consisted of 49 people, including search, rescue, medical personnel and seismic experts, and was accompanied by 6 search dogs and 8 tons of professional search and rescue equipment as well as 9 tons of relief supplies. This rescue operation is the China International Rescue Team in 2003 to Algeria, Iran and 2004 to Indonesia to implement international rescue since the fourth implementation of international rescue.
At 11:50 a.m. Beijing time on Oct. 8, 2005, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan, with its epicenter about 95 kilometers northeast of the capital, Islamabad. The quake was the strongest earthquake that has occurred in Pakistan since the founding of the country, and damaged the entire central and northern regions of Pakistan, including Islamabad, to varying degrees. The earthquake has caused major casualties so far. The earthquake also affected Indian-controlled Kashmir and Afghanistan.