Tag Archives: Building collapse

United Hatzalah and IDF Homefront Command Train Muslim East-Jerusalem Volunteers In Earthquake Response

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Raphael Poch

30 Muslim United Hatzalah volunteers from east Jerusalem underwent specialized rescue training by the IDF’s Home Front Command last week. The purpose of the training was to enable the volunteers, all fully trained medical first responders, to provide an initial … Continue reading →

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The Beauty Of Humanity Brought Out By a Therapy Dog

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Batya Jaffe is one of the six Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) members from United Hatzalah currently active in Surfside, Florida. Batya is an Animal Assisted Therapist and together with her dog Lucy, a specially trained King Charles Cavalier, … Continue reading →

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Easing The Ongoing Trauma Of Not Knowing – Together

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Raphael Poch

As rescue efforts in the community of Surfside, Florida continue, United Hatzalah of Israel was dispatched on Saturday night together with the IDF’s Home Front Command in order to assist the forces and people on the ground cope with the … Continue reading →

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Jaffa Explosion – Perspective From a First Responder

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Raphael Poch

One of the most difficult things to do as a first responder is to prepare yourself mentally for the situation that you are about to walk into. There are so many variables and so many unknowns that take place in … Continue reading →

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