UK firefighters heading to Japan
Firefighters from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service are about to set off for Japan to assist with the rescue effort in the wake of Fridays devastating earthquake and tsunami.
The team will fly out from Manchester Airport with around 70 others from the UK and will join search and rescue teams from 45 other countries including teams from the US, New Zealand, Australia and South Korea.
Response manager Neil Fritzsche said “It is a pretty daunting prospect – to go out there and see what assistance we can give to the people of Japan – but whatever we face, we will deal with and hopefully provide some help. Everybody knows what they are doing as far as search and rescue is concerned, but as for specific roles in Japan, we will wait until we join up with the UN command structure to find out what our tasks will be.”
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