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By the Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Santa Barbara County Fire Captain Eric Gray, a member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Urban Search-and-Rescue Team, is on his way to Turkey to help find survivors from these devastating earthquakes.
The team includes 161 members, 12 canines, and more than 170,000 pounds of specialized equipment.
They join USAID team members already on the ground in the country. The members will help with life-saving assistance and will join their counterpart, USA-1, from Fairfax County, Virginia.
This deployment may last between 10 to 14 days.
Captain Gray has previously been deployed with the team to assist with search and rescue operations following earthquakes in Nepal, Japan, and Puerto Rico.
Captain Eric Gray
Photo: SBCFD
