Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team taking a break from working on the CTV Building site.
Members of the Police and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams digging through rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team taking a break at the site of the CTV Building.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team digging through rubble in the central city.
Page 5 of Section O of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 23 February 2011.
Paul Burns is the task force leader of Urban Search and Rescue.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue breaking through the floor of a building which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue breaking through the floor of a building which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Three men from the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team having a break while a digger clears rubble at the CTV Site.
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.
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.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at 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.
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 Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the CTV site with the elevator shaft still standing in the background.
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.
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 a Search and Rescue team on a footpath in Christchurch. Bricks and fallen debris can be seen in front of them.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue teamwatching as a digger clears rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A press release from the United States Embassy New Zealand about the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team gifting their New Zealand counterparts around $600,000 worth of sophisticated detection and rescue equipment after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue Team, talking to a New Zealand Police Officer in Latimer Square. In the background is a wire fence with Search and Rescue Team equipment tied to it. After the 22 February 2011 earthquake, emergency service agencies set up their headquarters in Latimer Square.
A member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue Team, talking to a New Zealand Police Officer in Latimer Square. In the background is a wire fence with Search and Rescue Team equipment tied to it. After the 22 February 2011 earthquake, emergency service agencies set up their headquarters in Latimer Square.
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 blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "American Search and Rescue Team Gifts Large Cache of High-Tech Equipment to Kiwi Counterparts".
A photograph of equipment from the New Zealand Fire Service Urban Search and Rescue team on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The equipment was used during the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.