Georgian rescue dog receives special award for Turkey quake efforts
The three-year-old dog named Tinto, who had found a survivor trapped in the mass of rubble after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, was awarded by Mamuka Sepiashvili, the Deputy Head of the Fire and Rescue Division. Photo via Georgian Emergency Management Service
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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.
The three-year-old dog named Tinto, who had found a survivor trapped in the mass of rubble after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, was awarded by Mamuka Sepiashvili, the Deputy Head of the Fire and Rescue Division.
Photo via Georgian Emergency Management Service
Rescue dogs played an important role in the search and rescue efforts, helping around 200 Georgian professionals who, by the decision of the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, participated in the rescue operations and saved three people in Turkey’s city of Adıyaman, worst affected by the devastating quake and in Antakya, the capital of the southern Turkish province of Hatay that suffered major casualties and damage in the disaster, the Service said.
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.
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 rescuers of the country’s Emergency Management Service completed the search and rescue operations of the latest deadly quake in Turkey and returned to Georgia with a special charter flight by the decision of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday thanked Georgian rescuers engaged in relief operations in southern Turkish city of Antakya following the February 6 earthquake for their efforts.
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.
Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan held joint search and rescue drills aimed at increasing cooperation, coordination and interoperability between rescue teams during scenarios of natural disasters, the Georgian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
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.