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CMAT Assessment Team arrives in Port-au-Prince

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

Assessment team leaving Miami for Port au Prince. — with David Johnson, Valerie Rzepka, Sandra Hodge, Bill Coltart and Ryan Thorburn.Assessment team leaving Miami for Port au Prince. — with David Johnson, Valerie Rzepka, Sandra Hodge, Chris Kaley, Bill Coltart and Ryan Thorburn.

Saturday, January 16, 2010 – Port-au-Prince – CMAT reported that at approximately 6:45pm (Eastern time) the first CMAT assessment team safely arrived at Port-Au-Prince. The team is the first of many that will rotate through Haiti to provide much needed medical assistance and support to the local Haitians affected by the devastating quake. It is estimated that as many as 200,000 persons have died. Over 3 million Haitians are in need of assistance – food, water, shelter and medical support.

Worst Earthquake in over a century hits Haiti

2010 - Haïti Earthquake, Deployments

People carry an injured person in Port-au-Prince after the largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday. (Radio Tele Ginen/ Associated Press)

Wednesday January 13, 2010 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A magnitude 7.0 quake with more then 20 aftershocks to date struck shortly before 5 p.m. the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It could be felt strongly in eastern Cuba, more than 200 miles away. The capitol has been largely destroyed.

Italy: Worst quake in 30 years strikes the city of L’Aquila.

Disaster Monitoring

Monday, April 6, 2009 – Toronto: CMAT continues to monitor the progress of Italian search and rescue teams after an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 and depth 10km struck the highly populated area in the Abruzzi Province of Central Italy. (Population: 1.2 million). The earthquake, centred 7km from the city of L’Aquila, approximately 120 km northeast of Rome struck at 3:30 am, leaving numerous fatalities, and tens of thousands homeless in the medieval city.

CMAT’s Disaster Assessment Team response has been activated, and remains on standby pending further developments. Skilled and experienced CMAT volunteers who have previously responded to disasters in Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are ready to be sent depending on need, including search and rescue and critical care paramedics, Emergency/Trauma physicians and surgeons, and experienced Emergency Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. CMAT has the capability to deploy a fully equipped, inflatable field hospital anywhere in the world within 24 to 48 hours.