I'm willing to park my Land Rover for a couple weeks or more to join a rescue team in Japan. Anyone know a contact to get in on a rescue crew? I've 30 years and more experience in multi discipline rescue, first aid, fire-fighting and incident command. Now I'm sitting at home with no job, but there is work to do in my line due to an earthquake. Now, how to connect? (no pay expected)
Greg Sutfin
Duncan, BC
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OT: Anyone know of a contact to go help in Japan?
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PaulC
Hmmm if you are not already involved with your local SAR program, you might start there, local fire department and then perhaps provincial emergency rep.
Do pack your lead lined bunny suit Greg, as terrible as the quake and tsunami combo is....if large buildings at Nuclear Power Stations keep blowing themselves up, I'm afraid we haven't seen anything yet! :idea:
Do pack your lead lined bunny suit Greg, as terrible as the quake and tsunami combo is....if large buildings at Nuclear Power Stations keep blowing themselves up, I'm afraid we haven't seen anything yet! :idea:
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I'm a thirty four year member of PEP and most of it with our local SAR group. Retired from that three years ago but still have contacts. They won't be utilized as they aren't that type of rescue. Contacted the USAR group in Vancouver. The Fed gov't won't be sending them. Red Cross is only interested in money it seems. The Japanese embassy was interested in talking to me and tried to be helpful but had no real information. I have a couple contacts that will keep me posted if they hear anything and I'm standing here having my hand to get noticed if anyone on here has any other suggestions.
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rayhyland
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As odd as it sounds, call your local Rotary club.
When we did Tsunami relief work in Thailand, no one (red cross etc) wanted to talk to us, but a member of the Land Rover club was also in the local rotary club. He called his friend in the Krabi Thailand Rotary Club, and they said "yes we need help" and they had us hooked us up with the Thai Navy to do search work along the coast within about 6 hrs.
We did some good work while we were there, but wouldn't have had the opportunity without the Rotary Club and their connections.
Ray
When we did Tsunami relief work in Thailand, no one (red cross etc) wanted to talk to us, but a member of the Land Rover club was also in the local rotary club. He called his friend in the Krabi Thailand Rotary Club, and they said "yes we need help" and they had us hooked us up with the Thai Navy to do search work along the coast within about 6 hrs.
We did some good work while we were there, but wouldn't have had the opportunity without the Rotary Club and their connections.
Ray