JACOBSTOWE-based emergency rescue charity Rapid-UK faced an anxious festive period having been on standby since 6am on Boxing Day to fly to the disaster zone. Rapid-UK founder Graham Payne said the group?s members had made themselves available to help, if they were needed, but had now been stood down. ?We work closely with the Department of International Development in London and INSARAG, the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group, which is part of the UN,? said Mr Payne last week. He said there was little hope of being able to provide rescue assistance because of the sheer scale of the devastation. ?All the buildings along the coast are of wooden construction and they have been virtually washed out to sea, there are no large buildings; so far there is nothing like that to be seen, so what has been decided at the moment, is that there is no immediate need for a rescue mission and they have moved straight into the relief stage,? he said. Rapid-UK had been in regular contact with authorities in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and the Indian Government to keep up-to-date with a picture which was changing very quickly.