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IRC responded immediately to the news of the earthquake on September 30th which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale and brought devastation to the Indonesian city of Padang and the surrounding area.
An offer of help to the Indonesian government was accepted and IRC responded as part of a UN co-ordinated international response. Read more »
Malaysia Airlines are wholeheartedly supporting IRC by waiving the excess baggage charges for their return flight. These were incurred whilst flying the team to assist in the recent Indonesian earthquake.
As the request from IRC to fly to Indonesia was at such short notice, senior managers were unable to deal with such an immediate request until after the weekend break.
Members of IRC are returning to the UK tomorrow (Weds 7th Oct) at 16:15hrs.
Ten specialist members are heading out to Indonesia today. All members are volunteers comprising three female members from Scotland, Norwich and London, and seven male members from Scotland, Liverpool, Blyth, Penrith and Beverley.
The team will taking with them vital search equipment including a camera system which can be fed into the rubble, heat seeking devices, sound location devices and sensor equipment to pick up exhaled breath in a confined space.
They will be leaving London Heathrow T3 at 1200 hrs BST today (2nd October) on flight MH3 to Kuala Lumpur, and onward to Jakarta on flight MH711.
International Rescue Corps feature in this episode of Britain’s Bravest which tells the story of the search and rescue operation mounted after a huge explosion at a plastics factory in Glasgow, including interviews with members of the team.
Showing on Channel Five, 12:50pm, Thursday 8th Oct.
