Looking for survivors

Prepared for internet by Vietnamese Missionaries in Taiwan

Taipei, Sept. 23, 1999 - Less than a month after returning from the devastation in Turkey, the elite Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday Sept. 22, 1999. Seventy of the team's 135 members flew from an Air Force base in Dover, Del., on a 22-hour flight. Here is a look ar some rescue methods.

Search dogs Specially-trained rescue dogs can sniff out people and bodies burried in rubble.

Searchcam The searchcam is a camera and microphone attached to a long boom. It transmits images to a detachable video screen. Cameras can be lowered into cracks and air pockets to find buried people.

Hydraulic lifters Rescuers inflate hydraulic lifters to lift heavy rubble, creating an opening through which they can extract trapped people.

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