China International Search and Rescue Team

Members of the team would be drawn from the China Earthquake Administration, engineer corps of the 38nd Group Army and General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces.

[1] On 22 May, the day after the 2003 MW 6.8 Boumerdès earthquake, the CISAR flew to the epicentre inBoumerdès Province and rescued one person, marking the first time the team worked outside China's borders.

[12] When the Ministry of Emergency Management was created, it established the China Search and Rescue team, which replaced CISAR in 2018.

[13]: 245 The CISAR was typically able to arrive at earthquake sites within 48 hours and rapidly gather supplies and carry out rescue operations.

[7] The large rescue vehicle was loaded with 280 sets of equipment, including sonic life search instrument, hydraulic power station, gas cylinder respirator, vehicle-mounted generator, etc.

[26] The team consisted of experts from the China Earthquake Administration who are responsible for earthquakes, engineering structures, and dangerous goods, liaisons familiar with the UN's rescue affairs, emergency medical personnel from the General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, and professional rescuers from engineer corps of the People's Liberation Army.

[1][7] The CISAR was under the leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, with the Joint Meeting of Onsite Working Team Leaders for Earthquake Disasters as the coordinating and managerial body.

2003 Boumerdès earthquake . The CISAR was dispatched for search and rescue abroad for the first time.
CISAR often used China International Airlines charter flights to perform rescue missions overseas, such as the pictured plane used by CISAR during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake . [ 27 ] [ 28 ]