Process of conducting rescue and recover missions

We've seen first responders getting help from both dogs and drones. Fox 5's Kendall Green picks up our coverage with a closer look at the high and low tech tools they have at their disposal. Kendall. Hey, good evening, Steve and Natasha. Last night, the biggest challenge was monitoring whether there was a second, monitoring the potential for a second collapse within the zone. And the FDNY chief of department says tonight, that biggest challenge is the weather. As you can see some of that video of the scene there, then the number one priority since the first minute of operation has been to search for anyone who may have been caught in the rubble. The chief tells us on any given shift, there have been as many as 2000 FDNY members involved in this massive rescue operation, while a separate set of fire crews ensure gas and utilities are shut off to reduce potential hazards, all while medics are working to treat those on scene with injuries. Now, as rescue operations close tonight. Close tonight, they're still watching the weather closely because the chief shared that it makes it more dangerous for the rescue teams on scene. Now, he walked us through the several stages of FDNY's collapse rescue plan. And the first, the immediate rescue of the visible victims seen on the surface. Following that, they start to search and explore the void spaces from there. Using fire and police department canines. Now those search dogs, we're told, come in and give crews a general area to search based on scents they're able to detect. And then they go through selective debris removal. That's using the heavy equipment to get the largest pieces of the structure out, including floor sections and construction material. They continue to search void areas from there. Then they go into the general debris removal while searching to ensure there's no possibility of anyone being left behind. We use live fine dogs, so they're going to tell us where live humans are. It is very difficult in a collapse operation because you have all of that dust and, you know, the victims are generally packed in that dust and debris. And if they're a few feet below that surface, the dogs might not. Might not have a hit, but there are times where it is successful. And having the drones and having that overhead view is invaluable for an incident commander. For one, for part of the safety aspect, we're able to get a real close-up look of the building that remains as part of our assessment if that's going to further collapse or be part of our problem. Now despite all of those moving parts, FDNY crews report they were able to bring at least five people out from that rubble alive. We're live here in Flatbush Brooklyn, Kendall Green, Fox 5 News.