Who are we?Who are we?

PISA Fire BrigadeU.S.A.R. Team

The National Corp of Firemen wich has always been a deputy to act in our country in case of disasters. The experiences are unfortunately, many

1980 Irpinia

1997 Umbria

2002 Molise

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

2009 Sicilia

2009 Abruzzo

The birth of our team

The International USAR Team of Pisa was officially established on 11/08/1991

The earthquake in Armenia in 1988 started the globalization of assistance intervention. Following this,the Ministry of Interior authorized the fire Dept of Pisa to form one of two sections of operationalinterventions in the international scenarious

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

the missionsabroad

started

EarthquakeTurchia 1999

EarthquakeColombia 1999

humanitarian mission

Albania 1999Earthquake Iran 2003

EarthquakeAlgeria 2003

Tsunami Sri Lanka 2004

Flood Georgia 2005

The experiences in Italy and abroad

• have determined the choices of new means of transportation and tools/equipment

• have increased operational capacity of the team

Considering that the primaryobjective of the U.S.A.R.Teams is to save victimstrapped under rubble and the time must becompatible with healthneeds

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

LA FILOSOFIA USAR

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

For this reason we had to equip ourselveswith suitable means to air transport

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

preferingmultitasking and the modularity of themeans

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

and movement in all conditions

usingmodular boxes

With coloursand labels toidentify the contents

with yard tools

Pisa U.S.A.R. Team

searching instruments

K9

And canine units

objectives :obtaining

Self sufficiencyand

… to avoid a "screening"effect

Flexibility

U.S.a.R. module

We are stopped by people whohave had minor damages thanThose in the hot spot

Our team has characteristics of MediumUSAR of INSARAG Guidelines

Since 2005 we operate in the international scene with the Emergency Surgery Group of Pisa

EmergencySurgery Group

Advanced Medical Post with SurgeryAccording to the requirements for European Civil Protection Modules- Performing patient profiling (triage) on the site of disaster- Performing damage control surgery-Stabilizing the conditions and preparing the patients for transportation to the most suitable facility for final treatment-Providing psychological treatment

Training is Important

Debris camp

100 meters grid of tunnels and wells.

Tunnels and wells weight resistant

Access to award the dog after finding

separationsSoundproof

curtain to block sounds and smells for training dogs

SI.S.M.A. U.S.A.R Pisa

TWENTY WORKSTATIONS

SAFETY EXIT

It is useful to maintain the skillsacquired

We are trained also for cultural and social awareness in all rescue operations in our country and abroad

Latest tool tested in our camp

SI.S.M.A. U.S.A.R Pisa

A Microwave SystemPrototypeMovement Detector

ofUniversity of Florence

S.O.S. TEAM SYSTEMPROTOTYPE SOUND DETECTOR OF THE

POLITECNICO OF MILANO

The USAR teamsbeing the first to intervene, often encounter also situations not strictly related to the search and rescue operations•The USAR teams have inside many skills that may in some cases cover immediate essential services related to humanitarian relief

Kinnya Sri Lanka

For instance: Since the old hospital was destroyed

It was necessary to operate in the streets

We had thus to clean and equipan old library …

…as a hospital

…Obtaining the gratitude and appreciation of all the people

IranFirstly the USARoperations….

Right after weprovided a mosquefor their prayers