The US Company for Worldwide Growth stated on Monday night that it was deploying two specialised search and rescue groups as a part of the official American response to the lethal earthquake in Turkey and Syria, including to the 1000’s of rescue staff attempting to succeed in the devastated area.

The 2 county-level city search and rescue models, based mostly in Virginia and California, are the one such groups in america that work internationally, Anthony Marrone, the interim chief of the Los Angeles County Hearth Division, stated at a information convention on Monday night.

Each have expertise responding to earthquakes all over the world, together with in Japan, Mexico and Nepal.

The US is one among a number of nations that stated it could dispatch rescue groups to the earthquake zone, together with Britain, India, Israel and a number of other nations from the European Union.

The 78-member staff deploying from Los Angeles County to Turkey will embrace not solely firefighters, but in addition paramedics, rescue specialists, physicians and structural engineers from different businesses, Chief Marrone stated. He stated the staff members had been touring with canines which can be educated to seek out individuals beneath rubble.

“They’ll put their lives on the road,” he stated. “Make little question about it. I pray for his or her security and their return, and the truth that can truly make an impactful distinction for the individuals which can be struggling.”

The opposite American staff touring to Turkey is based mostly in Fairfax County, Va., and is roughly the identical measurement. Samantha Energy, the usA.I.D. administrator, stated in an announcement on Monday that the California and Virginia groups could be half of a bigger catastrophe response staff that’s working with the Turkish authorities.