![]() We spent 10 days in total in Morocco covering as many areas as we could reach, this was made possible due to the hard work of the deployed team and also our support team back in the UK who helped to organise the logistics of such a large operation. The team is drawn from specialist fire and rescue services across the country, alongside vets, paramedics, doctors and structural engineers, making us a fully self-sufficient team, with 64 personnel being deployed to Morocco. ![]() UKISAR has been responding to humanitarian crises for 30 years and makes up a crucial component of the international disaster response. The team had already been deployed earlier this year to an earthquake in Turkey and flooding in Malawi, but no one could predict how quickly there was going to be another natural disaster. ![]() I had only recently joined the UK International Search and Rescue Team (ISAR), during which you are always on standby to be deployed to natural disasters. "On the 8th of September, I was alerted to a large 6.8 magnitude earthquake near Marrakesh, Morocco, and by the 10th I was in the air on my way to Morocco, after an offer of support was accepted by the Moroccan King through a bilateral agreement with the UK. As a member of the UK International Search and Rescue Team, Hannah Prestwood, UK POM V Account Manager, was called upon to fly out to Morocco following the devastating earthquake. ![]()
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