UPDATE: Dear friends,
Donation of firefighting equipment and tools is a GO! We are coordinating with Charles Spencer of Spencer Global in Temuco, Chile, to assess areas of Chile that are in most need of firefighting equipment. If you know of anyone who is willing or can donate, please give me a call at 508-293-1123. I may be able to also go to Chile along with the equipment. Please see this thread for relevant background information.

Firefighters search for remaining victims in Curanipe. Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images

UPDATE 2: Pending organization on our end Caritas Chile is requesting donations: you may either contact me or send donations directly to:

Caritas Chile
Banco Santander
Account #: 0-082-18-00080-1
R.U.T. CARITAS CHILE: 70.020.800-1

UPDATE: Firefighter-EMT.com is starting a fund to help provide equipment and money to local fire departments that may have lost equipment during the earthquake. Please contact Rio at mail@firefighter-emt.com for details. Once we get more details from the ground I will begin asking for ideas and donations.

Our hearts and minds go out to our Chilean counterparts who are continuing their efforts to search, rescue and recover victims of Saturday’s 8.8 earthquake.

Photo by AP/Natacha Pisarenko. Rescuers exit from a collapsed building as they search for victims.

Firefighters and rescue workers on the scene of a partially collapsed building in Concepcion. Photo by AP/Natacha Pisarenko.

A puppy is rescued from a building in Constitucion, Chile. AP Photo/Roberto Candia

Firefighters recover a body of a victim in Concepcion on Sunday. Photo by AP/Natacha Pisarenko.

A rescue worker takes a rest outside a collapsed building in Concepcion. Photo by AP/Natacha Pisarenko.

Photo by CLAUDIO SANTANA/AFP/Getty Images. A firefighter fights a fire at a Polar supermarket in the city of Concepcion, the second largest city in Chile. It is believed that the fire was intentionally set. Video is available here.

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