Georgian rescue dog saves Turkey quake survivor
The Georgian rescue dog Tinto on Thursday saved a victim of Turkey’s deadly earthquake. Photo: Giorgi Tukhareli
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A Georgian rescue dog on Thursday saved a survivor of Turkey’s devastating earthquake during ongoing efforts in the aftermath of the disaster, the Spokesperson of Georgia’s Emergency Management Service told agenda.ge.
Giorgi Tukhareli said the three-year-old dog, named Tinto, had found a survivor in the mass of rubble remaining after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left over 17,000 dead.
He added the search and rescue crew member had been trained in the work and notified rescuers of his discoveries of survivors under the rubble by barking to alert them. The Spokesperson said the dog had also performed the role “perfectly” in a number of circumstances back in Georgia.
The dog’s successful effort has brought the figure of the victims saved by Georgian professionals to three over the past several days.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said 100 Georgian professionals and their rescue dogs - who left for Turkey on Monday and Wednesday along with accompanying hardware to ensure aid on the instructions of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili - were “continuously” working in the city of Adiyaman in south-east of the country.
Georgian rescuers continue to operate in round-the-clock regime in Adiyaman city ????????. Main task is to find and rescue people trapped in ruins.https://t.co/eyoZdEKTNH pic.twitter.com/iads1bxaDG
— MIA of Georgia (@MIAofGeorgia) February 9, 2023
The body noted a field office had been set up for Georgian professionals trained in rescue and firefighting operations in the worst-affected Turkish city, with the facility in “round-the-clock contact” with the Operational Management Centre coordinating the rescue efforts in the location.
The Georgian professionals are also equipped with modern acoustic devices, drones and communications vehicles, with the Chief of Georgia’s Emergency Management Service, Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, coordinating their work.
Georgian rescuers have saved a second survivor during their rescue efforts in Turkey, following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed thousands in the country, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said the legislative body would launch a charity campaign to send aid to people affected by the devastating quake in Turkey.
A team of 40 rescuers from Georgia’s Emergency Situations Management Service will join their colleagues involved in the ongoing efforts in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake in Turkey, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Sixty Georgian professionals left for Turkey on Monday along with accompanying hardware to ensure aid for the country in its rescue efforts following the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,014 and left thousands injured, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Georgia has been one of the first countries to offer aid to Turkey in the aftermath of Monday’s devastating earthquake, Ali Kaan Orbai, the Turkish Ambassador to Georgia said on Thursday.
The Georgian Government on Friday announced it had allocated ₾1million ($374,000) from its reserve fund to deliver medicine, food, clothes, medical equipment and other necessities for survivors of Monday’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 18,342 in Turkey.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday signed the book of condolences at the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi over Monday’s devastating earthquake that left more than 18,342 killed and thousands injured in the country.
The Georgian Parliament on Saturday delivered humanitarian supplies, collected by the legislative body for the victims affected by the devastating quake in Turkey, to the country’s Embassy in Georgia.
Giorgi Janjgava, the Georgian Ambassador to Turkey, on Monday said the Embassy was ready to bring Georgian nationals out of areas affected by last week’s earthquake if necessary.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, has thanked rescue crews sent from Georgia and other countries to help with the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on February 6, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday extended his gratitude to Georgian rescuers and firefighters for their dedication to work and announced the Ministry would continue the technical modernisation and re-equipment process of the Emergency Management Service.
A Georgian rescue dog received a special award for saving the life of a survivor of Turkey’s devastating earthquake, the Georgian Emergency Management Service said on Saturday.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, on Tuesday awarded rescuers, including Georgian professionals, who helped in the aftermath of the earthquake in the cities of Adiyaman and Antakya in February, in a move recognising their assistance.
Two “four-legged friends” - the puppies of Belgian Malinois - joined the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia and will serve in the canine unit, after undergoing appropriate training, the Service said on Wednesday.
A Georgian citizen died in an explosion in a furniture workshop in Baku that killed seven and injured at least 24 on Monday, the Georgia’s Foreign Ministry told Georgian Public Broadcaster.