A group of Scots rescue workers are heading off to Indonesia on Friday in a bid to help trace earthquake and tsunami survivors.
The fours Scots will be taking specialist equipment which can trace survivors in the rubble.
They are part of a 10-strong British team who volunteer for the Grangemouth-based International Rescue Corps.
Retired fireman Willy McMartin and Anne Marie MacDonald from Laurieston, Falkirk, Cameron McCreadie from Fort William and John Anderson from Grangemouth will be in the disaster hit region for at least 7 days.
They will be using sound seeking and heat location equipment to search for trapped survivors.
The team are also carrying a high-tech piece of equipment which can sense the exhalations people who are breathing, but unconcious and unable to summon help.
More than 150 people have been confirmed dead following Tuesday's tsunami near Samoa. A further quake hit there on Friday and 16 Brits are among those still missing feared dead.
A second earthquake in Indonesia is thought to have killed at least a thousand people.
