The INSARAG Guidelines, Volume III: Field Operational Guide targets all urban search and rescue (USAR) managers and team members and is designed to be a quick-reference guide that assists with field and tactical information for all missions, exercises and training sessions. This Field Handbook follows the five components of USAR capability: Management, Search, Rescue, Medical and Logistics. It also includes a section on Safety and Security.
The annexes of Vol III include the INSARAG Marking System and check-sheets for the establishment of a Reception Departure Centre (RDC) and a USAR Coordination Cell. They can be found in the “Guidelines Annex” sub-section of the “Guidance Notes” in www.insarag.org.
Further information can be found in the UCC Manual, and the Virtual OSOCC online learning module. The pocket-sized handbook is designed to allow individual USAR Teams to add other reference material relevant and specific to their team to assist in rescue operations.
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Resource collections
- Climate emergency
- Coordination
- Earthquakes
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Learning from crises
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience