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From YouTube: FEB 16 2023 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Burnley
north
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
We've
all
been
following
the
news
about
the
Burnaby
firefighters
who
flew
to
Turkey
the
day
after
a
devastating
earthquake
to
help
rescue
those
trapped
in
the
collapsed
buildings.
They
were
deployed
to
the
city
of
adeyaman.
We
cheered
them
from
afar.
When
we
heard
they
had
successfully
pulled
a
woman
from
the
rubble
of
a
collapsed
six-story
building.
It
took
them
six
hours
to
dig
her
out,
and
then
they
were
immediately
assigned
to
the
next
location.
A
They
are
members
of
the
Burnaby
Urban
search
and
rescue
team,
a
self-funded
non-profit
volunteer
unit.
They
worked
with
Turkish
government
agencies
to
provide
Urban
search,
technical
search,
scene,
stabilization
and
humanitarian
assistance.
They
arrived
prepared
to
be
self-sufficient
in
austere
conditions
for
up
to
nine
days
living
in
a
disaster
Zone
in
Winter
conditions.
They
brought
with
them
a
delsar
seismic
acoustic
listening
device.
It
converts
an
entire
collapse
structure
into
a
large,
sensitive
microphone
that
transmits
noises
and
vibrations
from
entombed
victims.
A
They
brought
search
cameras,
light
breaching
and
cutting
equipment,
hand
tools
and
a
water
filtration
unit
on
February
10th.
They
were
reporting
that
over
140
people
had
been
rescued
alive.
It
was
assumed
that
there
were
people
in
every
building
and
priority
was
being
given
to
buildings
with
Signs
of
Life
by
February
12th.
They
were
working
with
International
Teams
to
locate
and
remove
deceased
victims.
They
came
home
Tuesday.