Hellenic Rescue Team

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Hellenic Rescue Team
Ελληνική Ομάδα Διάσωσης/Elliniki Omada Diasosis

The Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT;

European refugee and migrant crisis
.

Organisation

The headquarters of the organisation is in Thessaloniki. There are 34 divisions of HRT in Greece.[4] The United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group has officially recognised HRT on the 23 of June 2005.[5]

HRT is also in continuous cooperation with both the

International Rescue Dog Organization.[8] The Hellenic Rescue Team works closely with the Civil Protection Secretariat, the Greek Coast Guard, the Greek Air Force
, Greek Army Air Force, the Hellenic Navy Helicopters School, the Directorate of Transmission of Air Transport and the TENEF.

The organisation has over 3,000 volunteers. It carries out search and rescue operations in emergencies and disasters within Greece or in the sea surrounding Greece.[citation needed]

History

The organisation has provided aid in international emergency situations since 1999. The first international deployment was in the earthquakes of Turkey (1999),[9] followed by Algeria (2003), Morocco (2004), Iran (2004), and Indonesia (2005) - where full equipment was sent for the operation of a pre-hospital care centre for 10,000 people for two months - Pakistan (2005) and lastly the Lebanese crisis where it sent 23.5 tons of food and pharmaceutical products gathered through its network. The Greek Rescue Team also participated in the relief efforts in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[10]

The HRT received the

Nansen Refugee Award in 2016 for its rescue efforts in 2015 where the organisation saved over 2,500 people in the Aegean sea. During that year the organisation undertook 1,035 rescue operations and additionally assisted over 7,000 people to safety[2] In 2017, the organisation received the Mother Teresa award from the "Harmony Foundation" based in Mumbai, India. They received the award for their "heroic actions" during the migrant and refugee crisis.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hellenic Rescue Team". Concorde-Project. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  2. ^
    UNHCR
    . 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  3. ^ a b "Mother Teresa" award goes to the Hellenic Rescue Team
  4. ^ Hellenic Rescue Team. "Divisions". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ INSARG. "USAR Directory". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ Hellenic Aid. "Εκδήλωση με θέμα «Επίτευξη της Ατζέντας 2030 και των Στόχων Βιώσιμης Ανάπτυξης (ΣΒΑ) - Ανταλλαγή Εμπειριών και Βέλτιστων Πρακτικών»". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ International Commission for Alpine Rescue. "Members". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. ^ International Rescue Dog Organization. "Member Organizations". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. ^ IN News Greece. "Ελλάδα". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. ^ Mega TV. "H τέχνη που υπερβαίνει τα σύνορα". Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links

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