Turkey Tremors

13/01/2025 47 min Episodio 16
Turkey Tremors

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Take a deep dive into United Hatzalah's international response mission to the 2023 Gaziantep earthquake, where over 53,537 people were killed across Turkey and Syria. Co-hosts Dovie Maisel and Elad Bachar are once again joined by United Hatzalah's manager of emergency preparedness, Rachel Zubeta. They discussed planning needs, choosing the right volunteers for the mission, groundwork, and prep, and coordination with the IDF and Turkish military while on the ground. They also recount some of the struggles they encountered, and a few of the incredible rescues and lives the mission saved.To apply to assist OCHA during a disaster, please see: https://vosocc.unocha.org/If you like this episode, please subscribe, like, share, and leave a review. Follow us on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mastersofemergencyX (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/MOEmergencyWebsite: https://israelrescue.org/mastersofemergency◆◆◆◆◆◆◆United Hatzalah is Israel's largest volunteer emergency medical service that provides free, volunteer-based emergency response throughout Israel. With over 8,000+ volunteer EMTs, paramedics, and physicians from all backgrounds, faiths, and genders, United Hatzalah's unique response model allows our volunteers to reach any medical emergency in under 90 seconds! To date, we have treated over 7,000,000 patients country-wide!Support our vital work and partner with us to save lives: https://israelrescue.org/moe-donate/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedHatzalahofIsraelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedhatzalahofisrael/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unitedhatzalahLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-hatzalah-of-israel/X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/UnitedHatzalahWebsite: https://www.israelrescue.org/Media credits: United Hatzalah, United Nations, AP, Creative Commons