Saturday, March 5, 2011

Canterbury / Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Weekend


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Student volunteer army members help to clean up an Avonside Drive property. At front, from left, are Lynda Wright and Liz Williams. An expert screens the rubble at the destroyed CTV site in Madras St. Helen Clark comforts Murray Shaw, the deputy chair of New Zealand On Air, outside the Civil Defence headquaters in Christchurch today. Children ride their bikes past huge piles of liquefaction along Roxburgh street in Beckenham. Farmers spent the morning clearing the silt and making the road passable. The Christchurch Bascilica lies in ruins. Lyttelton Lounge worker Martine Ribotton is comforted as the cafe where she worked is demolished. A Southern Demolition worker retrieves a chair from the condemned Lyttelton Lounge at the request of the owner. He did not know his cafe was being demolished. Police patrol the city centre on push bikes. Prime Minister John Key, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker outside Latimer Square. Ross Whelan and daughter Madelyne Whelan stand beside the remains of their local shops in Christchurch. Chris Crishom helps clean up the streets of Christchurch. A Chinese recovery team works with members of New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue to carry a body from the Canterbury TV site. Prime Minister John Key prior to the start of a media conference. Resident around Christchurch begin the painful task of cleaning up in the suburbs after the devastating 6.3 earthquake earlier in the week. Palmers street resident Todd Roydon next to his house which has been condemed. Shirley resident Paul Stratford cleans the sand away from his daughter's toy Batmobile. Shirley resident Paul Stratford has a laugh as he tries to clear the sand away from his daughter's rocking horse in his Riselaw street backyard. Dust fills the streets of Christchurch as the sand left over from liquefaction starts to dry out. Shirley resident Noy Godfrey doesn't know where to start as she cleans the sand from the front of her home. Prime Minister John Key visits the tent city at Latimer Square. Prime Minister John Key visits the tent city at Latimer Square. Prime Minister John Keyand Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee greet rescue workers on a visit to the tent city in Latimer Square, Christchurch. Prime Minister John Keyand Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee greet rescue workers on a visit to the tent city in Latimer Square, Christchurch. Prime Minister John Key visited the tent city at Latimer Square and got a hug from one of the English rescue workers. A rescue worker in tent city at Latimer Square. Inside the area for the rescue workers at Latimer Square. Brent Smith with his daughters Bryony and Shannon at the site of their Christchurch house which had to be destroyed after it was severly damaged by both quakes. Brent Smith has had his house destroyed after it was severly damaged after both quakes. Members of the Smith family watch as their historic house is demolished in Christchurch. The 1850s-era Hambledon Bed and Breakfast was left uninhabitable after the September quake. A cyclist rides through a silt and water logged street in the suburb of Richmond. Residents in New Brighton collect water from a tanker that came through their street early in the day. Thomas Healey carries a full gas bottle tied to his back, back to a relief centre in New Brighton. A disorientated cat drinks from ground water in a gutter in the suburb of Richmond. A crane clears debris in Lyttelton. The Nelson Redcross Response team, Hugh Leckie, Isabelle Lotscher, Cheynne Leslie, David van der Peet, Debbie Preest, Steve King, Lee Bradley and Tasman area manager Fraser Benson prepare to head out to the suburbs of Christchurch this morning. Dave Hallfrey (from ENZED Canterbury) and Emma Gray (from Divine Cake company), have been giving away free food near the Palms Mall. Dave Hallfrey from ENZEND Canterbury has been giving away free sausages and bread, just to help out. HELPING HANDS: Constable David Filmer gets some tension relief from Christine Carter. Carter has been giving stress relief therapy to police and rescue workings coming back from their duties at the end of a long day. 

New Zealand Defence Force aide NZ Police in affected areas around Christchurch



Soldiers work with police around the streets of Christchurch's CBD. Photo / NZDF


New Zealand Army vehicles patrol the streets. Photo / Getty Images

Soldiers man road blocks in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Soldiers on patrol in a LAV as others man road blocks in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Soldiers man road blocks in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Members of the New Zealand Army provide cordon support to NZ Police around the streets of Christchurch’s CBD. Photo / NZDF

Members of the New Zealand Army provide assistance in Christchurch. Photo / NZDF

Members of the New Zealand Army provide cordon support to NZ Police around the streets of Christchurch’s CBD. Photo / NZDF

Soldiers work with police around the streets of Christchurch's CBD. Photo / NZDF

ANZAC Support


A multi-agency Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) taskforce, managed by Fire and Rescue NSW, has been deployed to New Zealand.

The team consists of:

FRNSW Firefighters
ACT Firefighters
NSW Ambulance Paramedics
Doctors from Department of Health
Engineers from Department of Services, Technology and Administration
Police from Bomb and Forensics.

The deployment is to assist and relieve NZ rescuers in Christchurch. An initial reconnaissance has been completed, and our USAR resources have been deployed to an area where there are confirmed victims. This morning a woman was rescued by the NSW Task Force and is now receiving medical treatment.

FRNSW’s first rescue team arrived at the centre of the disaster at 4am Australian time today. A base of operations has been established and rescuers have been tasked with their first search and rescue mission at the PGB building.

The team includes an advanced medical, search and rescue and logistical support capability.

The team carries more than 20 tonnes of advanced rescue and engineering equipment, tents, generators, food and water.

In the first couple of hours after arrival, as they established their base of operations, the team made a rapid assessment of the area. This included structural triage of buildings by our engineers to determine which ones were most likely to remain sound.

The various search and rescue teams are ‘blitzing’ the site. This is an initial process of flooding the areas with rescue teams to reach as many people as possible.

The teams will examine buildings to determine ‘collapse patterns’. These patterns determine if a building has collapsed in such a way as to provide void spaces where victims could survive.

After several hours the teams will split in two which affords 24-hour operations. The team can continue in this mode for up to 10 days, after which they will be relieved by a second task force if necessary.
The NSW Urban Search and Rescue Taskforce comprise specialists* from the following FRNSW stations:




The NSW Urban Search and Rescue Taskforce comprises:

· 50 FRNSW firefighters

· 4 ACT firefighters

· 9 Ambulance Service of NSW SCAT paramedics

· 2 doctors from NSW Health

· 4 engineers from the Department of Services, Technology and Administration

The team, which includes advanced medical, search and rescue and logistical support capability, carries more than 20 tonnes of equipment, along with tents, generators, food and water so it can be self-sufficient for 10 days.







- City of Sydney (8) 

- Balmain (1)


- Goulburn (1) 

- Eastwood (4)


- Wollongong (2) 

- Hurstville (3)


- Ashfield (2) 

- Doonside (1)


- Engadine (2) 

- Liverpool (3)


- Regentville (1) 

- Wentworthville (1)


- Alexandria (6) 

- Bankstown (1)


- Newcastle (3) 

- Cronulla (1)


- Narrabeen (1) 

- Ryde (1)


- Blacktown (2) 

- Crows Nest (1)


- Burwood (1) 

- Ingleburn (1)


- Shellharbour (1) 

- Fyshwick (2)


- Belconnen (1) 

- Greenway (1)


- Belmont (1) 

- Homebush Bay (1)




Approximately 70 members of the Queensland Fire Service Urban Search and Rescue Team, together with Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics and 20 tonnes of essential support equipment, are airlifted to Christchurch on February 23.Photo: AFP/AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEF










The Queensland Urban Search and Rescue Team board a military plane at the Royal Australian Air Force base at Amberley in Brisbane. The Team, equipped with sniffer dogs, drills and sonar devices, left Brisbane about 10.30am and will be tasked with a perilous mission to pluck survivors from the rubble. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AAP Image/Petrina Berry) 








The arrival of Urban Search and Rescue personnel on an Air Force Boeing 757. Photo / NZDF








Specially-trained FRNSW rescue personnel search for survivors in a collapsed building in Christchurch, New Zealand.
23rd February 2011



Specially-trained FRNSW rescue personnel search for survivors in a collapsed building in Christchurch, New Zealand.
23rd February 2011




Specially-trained FRNSW rescue personnel search for survivors in a collapsed building in Christchurch, New Zealand.
23rd February 2011





HERE TO HELP: Members of an Australian specialist urban search and rescue team help with the rescue effort in Christchurch.



A rescue worker guides survivor Anna Bodkin out of the destroyed Pyne Gould Guinness building in Christchurch, New Zealand. -- PHOTO: AP


Members of the Australian Police stand on parade in Lyttelton during the two minutes silence for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Photo / Dean Purcell

(via Christchurch earthquake: Through the lens of Herald’s photographers - National - NZ Herald Pictures)