FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

INSARAG MethodologyINSARAG Methodology

Members Responsibilities

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

Affected CountryAffected 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

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Assisting countries & organisationsAssisting 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

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

Responsibilities OCHAResponsibilities 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

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

INSARAG – International Teams’ RoleINSARAG – 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.

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

International SAR Team International SAR Team Deployment ProceduresDeployment Procedures

1 Inform the INSARAG Secretariat (OCHA/FCSS) in Geneva (through the Virtual OSOCC)

2 Contact the Reception Centre on arrival in disaster-affected country (established by UNDAC)

3 Link with on-site OSOCC (managed by UNDAC team)

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Field Deployment Coordination - Virtual OSOCCField Deployment Coordination - Virtual OSOCC

http://ocha.unog.ch/virtualOSOCC

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Arriving in countryArriving in countrySAR team leader assumptionsSAR team leader assumptions

UNDAC team expected to coordinate the following:UNDAC team expected to coordinate the following:

• Airport support

• Country maps

• Translators

• Cultural briefing

• Transportation for team and equipment

• Information on in-country POC and LEM

• Work Site Assignment

• Customs and immigration assistance

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USAR CoordinationUSAR Coordination

Coordination of USAR Teams can at times be very complex:

LanguageTrainingEquipmentOperational Strategies and TacticsAssisting Country’s AgendaCultural DifferencesAssumptionsPolitics

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Other Assessment and Coordination Other Assessment and Coordination Teams/MechanismsTeams/Mechanisms

USA/Canada DART

IFRC FACT EU DAC

DFID/ERT

WFP ALITE

EADRCC

HCR ERT

UNDP TRT

UNICEF EMOPS

ACT

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Responsibilities - USAR MobilisationResponsibilities - 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

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

Responsibilities - USAR MobilisationResponsibilities - 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

FCSS – Field Coordination Support Section

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