HRC is cooperating with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union.

[4] The United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group officially recognised HRT on the 23 of June 2005.

The first international deployment was in the earthquakes of Turkey (1999),[10] followed by Algeria (2003), Morocco (2004), Iran (2004), and Indonesia (2005) - where full equipment was sent for the operation of a pre-hospital care centre for 10,000 people for two months - Pakistan (2005) and lastly the Lebanese crisis where it sent 23.5 tons of food and pharmaceutical products gathered through its network.

The Greek Rescue Team also participated in the relief efforts in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

[11] The HRT received the Nansen Refugee Award in 2016 for its rescue efforts in 2015 where the organisation saved over 2,500 people in the Aegean sea.