Photos: L.A. County Fire search and rescue staff helps after Turkey quake

At 9 p.m. Sunday night time in California, the decision went out to Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue members to see who was out there for fast deployment after the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey.

Some 77 members — firefighters, structural engineers, paramedics, docs, technical consultants and 6 K9 staff canine — assembled on the headquarters in Pacoima. Just earlier than midnight they have been wheels-up, winging their solution to Turkey as a part of a sprawling, 141,000-strong search-and-rescue effort that has drawn groups from around the globe even because the demise toll Saturday topped 28,000 within the area; probably 1000’s extra stay unaccounted for underneath the rubble.

In the times because the earthquake, these groups, together with numerous native volunteers, medical professionals, rescue personnel and miners, have change into a ubiquitous presence in nearly each road of Turkey’s ravaged southern provinces, working 24-hour shifts to find and extricate survivors or convey out the useless.

Turkish lead medic Dogan Can reacts after the employees eliminated a surviving mom and daughter from the ruins of their residence.

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Turkish and L.A. County rescue personnel assist take away a woman from the ruined residence.

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The destruction in Adiyaman, Turkey.

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The L.A. County staff members arrive on the web site of a destroyed constructing in Adiyaman.

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A resident in entrance of her destroyed residence in Adiyaman.

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An L.A. County staff member makes use of a listening machine whereas looking for survivors amid ruins in Adiyaman.

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