Estimates put the time needed for reconstruction at ten years. Within three days of the tsunami, 35 members of the International Headquarters SAR Taiwan, wearing red uniforms with the words "Taiwan Rescue" emblazoned across the backs, traveled to Phi Phi Island and the Khao Lak area of Phang Nga Bay, which were the parts of Thailand worst hit. There they helped recover corpses amid the debris.
估計五百萬災民的善後重建工作需要十年時間...... 南亞大海嘯發生後三天內，三十五名身穿紅色制服，背後印著 Taiwan Rescue 的中華搜救總隊隊員，兵分兩路，飛往泰國死傷最嚴重的 PP 島與攀牙灣考拉區協助搜尋屍體，在斷垣殘壁、瓦礫鋼筋中挖出一具具罹難者遺體。