Italy activates to aid Turkey and Syria. Upon learning of Monday’s devastating earthquakes that ripped across the Turkish-Syrian border, officials in Rome moved quickly to dispatch aid through Italy’s Civil Protection Department (DPC). In the early afternoon, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani reached out to his Turkish counterpart to offer aid.
After Ankara accepted it, Rome dispatched a P-180 aircraft Fire Department with an advanced squadron of specialised DPC personnel, as well as a C-130 carrying aid, vehicles, and medical operatives. The dispatched team is a “Usar Medium” module, composed of 50 highly specialised firefighters, several heath workers and DPC profesisonals. All are experienced in searching and rescuing victims from under the rubble.
