NZ's SAR teams (primarily urban SAR) have repeatedly deployed overseas to assist after a natural disaster, same with our Police DVI (disaster victim identificat

NZ's SAR teams (primarily urban SAR) have repeatedly deployed overseas to assist after a natural disaster, same with our Police DVI (disaster victim identification) teams - most prominently after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. There's a lot of solidarity between countries on the Ring of Fire when it comes to natural disasters. We even had the Californians turn up alongside the other countries. Likewise, rural firefighters from NZ, Australia and California routinely travel to each other's countries when backup is needed. It's the implicit reciprocity, and real life training opportunities that drive it. Otherwise your training is all stimulated, like covering a bunch of mannequins in sheep offal... https://www.police.govt.nz/news/ten-one-magazine/dvi-training-realistic-mess https://www.police.govt.nz/news/ten-one-magazine/dvi-trainin...