Instead, according to statements from two federal departments, Canada is working to ensure its domestic teams have a standard certification to allow them to deploy for national assignments
Hours after two major earthquakes rocked southwestern Turkey and northwestern Syria last month, the B.C. government offered Ottawa the services of the Vancouver Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team, also known as Canada Task Force 1. It is available for deployment 24/7, 365 days a year, but it never got the go-ahead from the federal government to help.
“Canada does not currently have any teams certified for international deployment and is not pursuing international accreditation at this time,” said Louis-Carl Brissette-Lesage from Public Safety Canada. Shawn Mohammed of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue team said his group is not INSARAG accredited, but it is trained to the equivalent standard.
According to B.C.’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, it contacted Public Safety Canada about the situation in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 to offer support.
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