On February 6, local time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Turkey. As of now, more than 46,000 people have died in Turkey, more than 200,000 buildings have been damaged, and millions of people have been displaced.
Earthquakes always appear so unexpectedly and are extremely destructive. Now, what we can do is to try our best to save every life, but in the 21st century with the development of science and technology, in the face of earthquakes, what more scientific search and rescue methods do we have?
Life detector
When countless lives are buried in rubble, finding the source of life is undoubtedly the top priority. Life detectors are the main tools for determining signs of life in earthquake search and rescue. Life detectors are divided into infrared life detectors, audio life detectors and radar life detectors according to different functions. During the search and rescue of the Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008, tens of thousands of trapped compatriots were rescued with the help of life detectors.
Armed Police Use Life Detectors to Search and Rescue During the Earthquake
Industrial videoscope
Industrial endoscopes are mostly used in daily life to detect small pipes, metal fatigue and structural flaw detection inside industrial equipment, etc., but in earthquakes, they become "surprise soldiers" for search and rescue. The life detector can only determine whether there are signs of life in the ruins, but cannot detect the internal conditions of the ruins. The slender and dexterous body of the industrial endoscope makes it easy to penetrate from the ruins to the interior of the collapsed building. Optical fiber transmission of illumination light and microscopic camera can realize 360-degree panoramic observation. Rescuers can grasp the exact position and physical condition of the wounded in the ruins through the monitor, and formulate a rescue plan in a targeted manner.
The destructive power of earthquakes is huge. In addition to the effective and rapid rescue of these new technologies, the technology we urgently need is to effectively predict earthquakes and minimize the damage caused by earthquakes. And this requires the joint efforts of all of us.
