Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Haiti: Chinese USAR teams appear ill equipped for task at hand


: Amazing how ill prepared the Chinese USAR teams appear to be. 

Kite string holding goggles on, no web gear, no headlamps, etc.
What else does this photo show?
I did see another photo showing Chinese teams loading large Chinese flags aboard aircraft for mission to Haiti, They should be used as tarps! #fail

They have 747 taking up space at Port-au-
Prince airport too!
Photo source: Boston.com Link

3 comments:

  1. Hey! Be fair!
    They may be working without the latest and greatest gear, but they're THERE and WORKING!

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  2. The comments on the "kite string" holding the goggles.... it's actually an elastic string that comes with that model of French brush/rescue helmet. I had a French firefighter send me one in trade once. I can't speak to it's durability as I don't wear the thing around town, but it seemed functional. I'd agree with Tom here... I'm sure the Haitian people were happy to see ANYONE who showed up.

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  3. The Chinese are new to the game of global SAR. Give them a chance, they'll learn from teams like USAR CA-TF2, and you'll see them on more deployments like this. And who knows, they may be pulling you out of a jam one day...

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