ECFRS was chosen as one of the 17 strategically suitable services partly because it already had 14 officers trained in urban rescue , members of the UK Fire Service Safety & Rescue Team who were part of the rescue effort that was sent to Bam in Iran after it was hit by a major earthquake in December 2003 where they helped in the search for victims amongst the ruins of the ancient city
earthquake in December 2003
2003 Bam earthquake
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service