page_title: @fire International Disaster Response Germany
section_title: Urban Search and Rescue
hierarchical_section_title: @fire International Disaster Response Germany / Tasks / Urban Search and Rescue
caption_attribution_description: English: USAR Team @fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland e.V. at duty
context_page_description: @fire International Disaster Response Germany is a German non-profit, non-governmental civil protection organisation which assists during natural disasters. The organisation was founded in 2002 in Wallenhorst, Germany as a pro bono network of professional and volunteer firefighters. Since 2010 @fire is member of the UN-Organisation INSARAG.
context_section_description: During USAR-operations @fire is acting on the INSARAG-Guidelines and is therefore prepared to deploy a fully equipped USAR Team within 36 hours after an official request for international aid by the host country.
  In order to locate victims buried beneath the rubble, the search teams are equipped with acoustic and optical search devices as well as search and rescue dogs.
  To extract located victims the rescue squad uses larger-scale equipment such as concrete chain saws, rotary cutting tools and core drilling machines.
caption: @fire volunteers working in the debris
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