Specialist firefighters from Hampshire deployed to Turkey following devastating earthquake

They are part of a team of 77 UK search and rescue specialists who have arrived in Gaziantep, alongside equipment and four search dogs. The UK International Search and Rescue team is made up of firefighters and staff from 14 fire and rescue services from across the country.

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They will be using specialist search equipment including seismic listening devices, concrete cutting and breaking equipment and propping and shoring tools. Their world-class specialist skills and state-of-the-art heavy duty equipment will allow the UK team to cut their way into buildings and locate survivors in the rubble during this vital time.

The team is self-sufficient upon arrival and provides its own food, water, shelter, sanitation, communications and all necessary equipment to undertake search and rescue operations.

So far the death toll is thought to be above 22,000.