List of foreign missions of the technical relief organization

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The following is a list of the foreign missions of the technical relief organization sorted by year.

1950-1989

year country comment
1953 Netherlands Storm surge
1963 Yugoslavia Construction of emergency shelters after the earthquake in Skopje
1967 Italy earthquake
1969 Yugoslavia Reconstruction of a children's hospital after the earthquake in Banja Luka
1984 Mexico Rescue operation after earthquake in Mexico City . The experience gained during this mission ultimately led to the establishment of the Schnell-Einsatz-Einheit-Bergung-Auslands SEEBA

1990-1999

year country comment
1990 CIS Aid transports
1991 Iran earthquake
1993 Somalia Mogadishu
1995 Zaire lowlands Drinking water treatment in refugee camps around Goma

2000-2010

year country comment
2000 France At the beginning of 2000, the THW had the largest foreign assignment in France . More than 1500 helpers helped repair damage caused by winter storms.
2002 Spain Combating the oil spill in Spain, triggered by the accident on the oil tanker Prestige
2002 Bosnia and Herzegovina Drinking water for Srebrenica
2002 Kenya Well rehabilitation successfully completed in Garissa district
2002 Czech Republic Use in the Czech Republic during floods in Central Europe
2002 Democratic Republic of Congo Volcanic eruption devastates Goma
2003 France Flood catastrophe in southern France at the end of 2003: A total of 1,300 THW emergency services fought the floods for about 14 days - with a pumping capacity of around 670 cubic meters per minute.
2004 Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean earthquakes in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Maldives
2005 Liberia After the end of the civil war in Liberia , the THW was responsible for the maintenance and repair of the generators in Monrovia from May 2005 to August 2007 as part of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
2005 United States Operation after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
2006 Lebanon The SEEWA specialist group helped with drinking water treatment in southern Lebanon .
2010 Haiti Drinking water preparation and technical assistance after the earthquake in Haiti
2010 Poland Help with flood operations in Poland in spring 2010

2011-2020

year country comment
2011 Japan From March 13 to 15, 2011, THW provided assistance with locating and rescuing victims of the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan with 38 helpers from the Rapid Rescue Unit Abroad (SEEBA), three detection dogs and twelve tons of material .
2012 Jordan Since 2012, the THW has been responsible for the "WASH" ​​(Water, Sanitary, Hygiene) area in the refugee camps in Jordan on behalf of UNICEF .
since 2013 Iraq Since 2013, the THW has been responsible for the "WASH" ​​(Water, Sanitary, Hygiene) area in several refugee camps in the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq on behalf of UNICEF and regional agencies (IDP program) .
2013 Philippines After Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013, the THW was entrusted with the supply of drinking water in certain destroyed areas.
2014 Bosnia Herzegovina May 2014: Floods in the Balkans (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia) after Balkan low Yvette - use of HCP modules, SEEWA .
2014 Denmark August 2014: Heavy rain in Tondern - use of two specialist groups, water damage / pumps.
2014-2015 Ghana , Sierra Leone , Guinea , Benin September 2014: In the case of the Ebola fever epidemic in West Africa, THW, in cooperation with the aid organization Emergency.lu u. a. the UNMEER with help of logistics, the development of communication technology and the supply of drinking water and electricity.
2015 Nepal April 2015: At least 3,600 people were killed in an earthquake in Nepal. The THW supports the drinking water supply there with SEEWA .
2019 Luxembourg Severe damage to around 100 houses from a tornado. Alerting 80 emergency services and several specialist advisors.
2020 Lebanon After an explosion in the port of Beirut, the Federal Republic of Germany sends the THW with its SEEBA unit to support the search and rescue of injured persons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.thw.de South Asia: THW helpers in four countries affected by seaquakes in action (from January 1, 2005, accessed on December 2, 2013)
  2. ^ Benjamin Nolte: Floods in Tonder: THW from SH fights against floods in Denmark | shz.de. Retrieved on July 20, 2016 (German).
  3. ^ Tornado in Luxembourg: THW supports with clean-up work. Federal Agency for Technical Relief, August 13, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2019 .