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\n Finding people buried under collapsed buildings is difficult, painstaking work and requires coordinating many different specialist teams from all around the world.\n <\/p>\n
\n First, in the hours immediately after earthquakes strike, surveys are carried out to assess the damage, establish priorities, estimate resources required and identify any hazards, in line with protocol<\/a> laid out by the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group, which coordinates similar efforts. US helicopters have helped with this stage in Venezuela, according to US Southern Command<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Plans to divide damaged areas into sectors are then drawn up to better organize rescue teams, according to the group\u2019s guidelines.\n <\/p>\n \n After that, according to the group, rescue workers identify where they think people are likely to have survived and focus their priorities there. They will speak to locals for information on victims and building layouts, work out escape routes and attempt to identify pockets within the rubble where people might be, listening, like in La Guaira<\/a>, in near-total silence for any sign of life.\n <\/p>\n