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Month: February 2024

  • Official reception of the Mayor of Ferrol to the team deployed to Libya.

    Official reception of the Mayor of Ferrol to the team deployed to Libya.

    21 September 2023 The mayor of Ferrol, José Manuel Rey and the councilor of security, Pamen Peiltiain, received the members of Briegal and Casaga who made up the team that participated in the rescue device of the floods in Libya. At the event, which took place at the town hall, the government representatives congratulated the…

  • Return of rescue team from Libya

    Return of rescue team from Libya

    20 September 2023 Our team members and Casaga’s colleagues are already at home, after a long return trip that was complicated by the situation that the country is going through. After landing in Madrid at dawn, they arrived at noon in Ferrol after a road trip. In total 7 days of mission developing search and…

  • Rescue operations in Libya are completed

    Rescue operations in Libya are completed

    16 September 2023 The Emergency Coordination Center has ended the search for survivors in the city of Derna. Our team is now preparing the return trip, without having been able to find anyone alive. The number of victims so far stands at 10,000 people. Media Coverage: La Voz de Galicia Diario de Ferrol OK Diario

  • Search for survivors continues in Libya

    Search for survivors continues in Libya

    15 September 2023 Our rescue team is still searching for possible survivors in the city of Derna after the floods caused by the storm Daniel. They are working together with other Spanish teams displaced to the area. For the moment no survivors have been reported, the affected area was practically covered with mud and it…

  • Our team starts work in Libya

    Our team starts work in Libya

    14 September 2023 After a difficult journey they are already in the city of Derna. After being placed under the orders of the Emergency Coordination Center, the search and rescue work began in the assigned worksite, in difficult conditions to find survivors. The team is prepared with material for surface water rescue as well as…

  • Floods in Libya

    Floods in Libya

    13 September 2023. Floods caused by storm Daniel cause thousands of missing and multiple damages in Libya. A team of rescuers from BRIEGAL and canine teams from CASAGA leave for Libya to assist in the rescue efforts. They will depart from Madrid airport on a flight chartered by the Libyan embassy in Spain. The City…

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