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INSARAG Methodology

INSARAG Methodology. Members Responsibilities. Affected Country. Maintain INSARAG Focal Point Timely request for international assistance Timely submission for priority needs Information updates on Virtual OSOCC Facilitate arrival of international teams Prepare LEMA to cooperate with OSOCC

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INSARAG Methodology

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  1. INSARAG Methodology MembersResponsibilities

  2. Affected Country • Maintain INSARAG Focal Point • Timely request for international assistance • Timely submission for priority needs • Information updates on Virtual OSOCC • Facilitate arrival of international teams • Prepare LEMA to cooperate with OSOCC • Declare the end of USAR phase • Facilitate withdrawal of USAR teams

  3. Assisting countries & organisations • Country • Maintain INSARAG Focal Point • Prepare USAR teams according to INSARAG guidelines • Information updates on Virtual OSOCC • USAR Team • Comply with INSARAG Guidelines • Minimum capacity • Management (OSOCC support) • Logistics (self-sufficiency) • Search • Rescue • Medical (stabilise victims) • Establish/strengthen (provisional) R/DC and OSOCC, if needed

  4. Responsibilities OCHA • Initiate Virtual OSOCC • Situation updates & summaries on Virtual OSOCC • Deploy UNDAC (upon request) • Initiate IHP/APHP Support Modules, if needed • Convene lessons-learned meetings, if required

  5. INSARAG – International Teams’ Role • The mission of USAR Teams is ideally to handle the more “difficult” rescues, meaning those victims that can not be easily accessed. • These actions require specially trained and equipped rescuers, used to operating safely and effectively in highly technical and dangerous rescues.

  6. International SAR Team Deployment Procedures • 1 Inform the INSARAG Secretariat (OCHA/FCSS) in Geneva (through the Virtual OSOCC) • Contact the Reception Centre on arrival in disaster-affected country (established by UNDAC) • Link with on-site OSOCC (managed by UNDAC team)

  7. Field Deployment Coordination - Virtual OSOCC http://ocha.unog.ch/virtualOSOCC

  8. Arriving in countrySAR team leader assumptionsUNDAC team expected to coordinate the following: • Customs and immigration assistance • Airport support • Country maps • Translators • Cultural briefing • Transportation for team and equipment • Information on in-country POC and LEM • Work Site Assignment

  9. USAR Coordination Coordination of USAR Teams can at times be very complex: Language Training Equipment Operational Strategies and Tactics Assisting Country’s Agenda Cultural Differences Assumptions Politics

  10. Other Assessment and Coordination Teams/Mechanisms IFRC FACT EU DAC ACT UNDP TRT USA/Canada DART EADRCC WFP ALITE UNICEF EMOPS HCR ERT DFID/ERT

  11. Responsibilities - USAR Mobilisation • OCHA( INSARAG Sect – FCSS) • Activation of Virtual OSOCC • Provision of situation updates • Mobilisation of UNDAC team • Affected Country • Timely request for international assistance • Facilitate customs and immigration of international USDAR teams • Provide logistics support and guidance

  12. Responsibilities - USAR Mobilisation • Assisting Country • Inform about deployment on Virtual OSOCC • Provide information updates on Virtual OSOCC • Prepare USAR team capacity overview for UN Reception Centre

  13. Thank you

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