Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team taking a break at the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team wearing face masks and safety goggles while working on the site of the CTV Building. In the background, a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue guides a digger.
Members of the New Zealand and Japanese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Japanese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers down Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them a team of Fire Service and Urban Search and Rescue personnel can be seen using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers down Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them a team of Fire Service and Urban Search and Rescue personnel can be seen using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.
A photograph of members of Urban Search and Rescue teams eating lunch in Latimer Square.
Three men from the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team having a break while a digger clears rubble at the CTV Site.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Emergency personnel gathering on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble.
A member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams cutting through the steel at the site of the CTV building.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team using wire cutters to cut through steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team using a circular saw to cut through steel at the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams watching a digger clear rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the CTV site with the elevator shaft still standing in the background.
An image from a Army News March 2011 article titled, "Defence Medical Personnel Use Their Expertise". The image shows members of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team digging through rubble in the central city.
Diggers clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building. In the background, a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team can be seen.
One official black and yellow coloured uniform, comprising overalls, boots, helmet, goggles, ear protectors and head light, worn by the New Zealand Fire Service Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. 'USAR' in yellow letters on the back of the overalls. This uniform was worn by Paul Burns, who w...
A member of the Australian Urban Search and Rescue team standing next to a pile of bricks on Tuam Street. In the distance, dust is rising off a damaged store which is being demolished by a digger.
Kao Wei, Team Leader of the Taiwan USAR team, hugs Mitchell Brown from the New Zealand USAR National Management Team. The Taiwanese team is heading home after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The USAR [Urban Search and Rescue] Teams wrote their findings on the doors when they finished their search of a building. This building was cleared by a team from Queensland, Australia on 27 February 2011.
Three diggers clearing rubble side by side on the site of the CTV Building, with members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue Teams looking on.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
Three diggers clearing rubble side by side on the site of the CTV Building, members of the Police and the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue teams looking on.
A member of the New Zealand Search and Rescue team outside damaged stores on Tuam Street. The top storeys of the stores have almost entirely collapsed onto the street, bringing the awnings down. A digger is parked on the street, and another one can be seen demolishing a store behind it.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland at the Air Force air movements terminal in Christchurch.
Structural Engineers from the New Zealand and Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue teams outside the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street.