SCDF contingent in Myanmar to return home on Apr. 8. Here's all they've done in 10 days there.

The 80-member Operation Lionheart contingent from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will soon be coming home.

In an Apr. 7 Facebook post, SCDF confirmed that the contingent had begun preparations to leave.

They will arrive home on Apr. 8 at 4:10pm, at Changi Airport Terminal 3.

Here's what they've been up to in the past 10 days of the rescue mission.

1. Rescued a man

After an eight-hour joint rescue operation with the local fire department, the contingent successfully helped rescue a man in a semi-collapsed residential building.

He'd been trapped under concrete slabs.

At the end of the operation, the man was conveyed to a local hospital after being assessed to be stable and conscious with only "minor injuries".

2. Worked through Hari Raya

48 of the 80 officers in the rescue team are Muslim.

Despite this, the whole team worked "day and night", even through Hari Raya, said Law Minister K Shanmugam.

"You know, they were planning for their Hari Raya to be with their loved ones, their family," he said.

"So now, when the duty called, they stepped up...So we think of them, we thank them, and we thank their families too for making the sacrifice."

3. Recovered a body & treated survivors

The team also searched a partially-collapsed nine-storey hotel and found a body stuck in the debris, beneath layers of concrete and steel.

With the help of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, they managed to recover the body by breaking through the debris, SCDF said in an Apr. 6 Facebook post.

In addition to search operations, the contingent also established medical outposts to provide medical care to locals, such as wound care and treating acute post-earthquake symptoms like dizziness.

Over the course of their deployment, they provided medical care to approximately 130 locals affected by the disaster, SCDF said.

4. Searched for survivors

Together with their faithful search dogs, the SCDF team searched for survivors amid the destruction.

They searched a total of 26 sites over the course of the deployment.

Here is one of the rescue dogs, Ted, after completing a search with his handler.

Speaking of the dogs, they are highly trained, according to SCDF.

They're also well-cared for, with daily walks, playtime, and a nutritious diet during their deployment.

Here's another of the rescue dogs, Quince. As you can tell, he's a professional.

5. Contributed essential supplies

Finally, the contingent contributed essential supplies such as tents, canned food, and ready-to-eat rations to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.

It also donated two tents to Naypyidaw Women's Hospital, and five tents along with medical drugs and medical supplies to Naypyidaw General Hospital.

Apart from that, the team gifted a battery-operated hydraulic cutter to the director-general of the MSFD, which was "instrumental" in rescuing the man who was trapped under concrete slabs.

"This cutter is now an enduring symbol of friendship between the SCDF and MFSD, where it will continue to serve, saving lives in the good hands of MFSD," SCDF said in an Apr. 7 Facebook post.

Background

The 80-member team was deployed to Myanmar on the back of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which struck the country on Mar. 28.

It was the largest quake to hit Myanmar in more than a century, reported CNN.

As of Apr. 6, the death toll in Myanmar has risen to at least 3,471.

Thousands of buildings, schools, and religious buildings have been damaged, along with numerous hospital clinics, bridges, and dams.

Top image from SCDF/Facebook