Gulkarmat And West Jakarta Satpol PP Send Members To The Cianjur Earthquake Location

Rescue team evacuated earthquake victims/ Photo: IST

The West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) sent the best personnel to assist in the process of evacuating victims and debris due to the earthquake in Cianjur Regency, West Java.

"We send our best members along with evacuation aids to serve there. They are the best members who are specially trained to carry out the evacuation process," said Head of the Operations Section of the West Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Syarifuddin quoting Antara, Friday, November 24.

His party sent the two best members in the rescue sector after previously carrying out the selection process from all sub-district sectors to the West Jakarta city level.

From that personnel selection, the choice was narrowed to the two members who had already been dispatched to the location of natural disasters in Cianjur.

The two members have joined all representatives of Gulkarmat officers in each area at the DKI Jakarta Provincial level. After joining, they were dispatched to assist in the process of evacuating victims and debris due to the earthquake.

"We dispatched yesterday from all regions together with a team from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD)," he said.

He said his members would remain on duty there for an uncertain time. "It depends on the situation and conditions on the ground," he said.

Not only the Gulkarmat Sub-dept., West Jakarta Satpol PP (Jakbar) has also sent its best members to assist in the process of evacuating debris and earthquake victims in Cianjur Regency.

"We sent two rescue teams, one truck and an operational car," said West Jakarta Satpol PP Head Agus Irwanto when contacted in Jakarta, Thursday, November 24.

Agus said the two rescue teams consisted of 20 evacuation officers. They are a team that has been involved in carrying out the evacuation process of disaster victims such as floods, landslides and earthquakes.

They were also equipped with several equipment to carry out evacuations such as iron cutting machines to automatic wood cutting tools.