Jakarta -The SAR team did not use heavy equipment like cranes when their students evacuated from the ruins of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school building, Sidoarjo, East Java, although it was warned on the spot. The reason the SAR team considered the safety of victims and officers. “The pattern of collapse is pancakes, so building materials that are piled up with unstable each other. If it is immediately appointed with a crane, there may be aftershocks. It is dangerous, victims who can still be survived can actually lose their lives,” said a SAR team, Ega Prasutia, which was reported by Detikjatim, Wednesday (1/10/2025). Browse to continue with the content, with such a condition for evacuation of the collapse, more secure is done by hand using the shifting or rolling method, which moves the material bit by bit. This method takes longer, but will maximize the safety of the victim. “Evacuation is carried out with special tools, not cranes. It is true that victims who are still alive can remain saved. In addition, the SAR team also strives to find the golden time, important time to find survivors,” he explained. In accordance with EGA, capus datin and BNPB disaster communication Abdul Muhari said the same. Abdul said his party did not use heavy equipment for fear that the victims struggling behind the building’s collapse. “Heavy equipment has been warned, but its use cannot be done temporarily because it is feared that vibrations can exacerbate the condition of the ruins,” he said in a written statement. Until now, the SAR team will continue to evacuate with the support of volunteers and local authorities. At the scene there were 332 joint SAR staff of Basarnas and East Java BPBD, and then there were staff of the provincial SDA Public Works Office, Tagana Social Service, TNI and Polri officials were deployed by varying work methods to maintain the resilience of the team. Look at the full here. (Zap/IDH)
The reason why the SAR team did not use heavy equipment during evacuation of Sidoarjo Ponpes
