URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (USAR) THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

1. URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (USAR) THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL International Search And Rescue Advisory Group Arjun Katoch Disaster Management Advisor

2. WHAT IS URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE ? “Locating, accessing, medically treating and extrication of casualties entrapped within confined spaces.” United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination FCS Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) INSARAG Secretariat OCHA

4. SURVIVAL DEPENDENT ON TIME FROM DISASTER TO RESCUE 100 81.0% 80 60 Survival 36.7% 40 20 33.7% 19.0% 0 24 Hours 48 Hours 72 Hours 96 Hours Arjun Katoch Disaster Management Advisor

5. PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL USAR TEAMS ENTERING AN AFFECTED COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DISASTER National and local Govt. arrangements International Team arrivals as per INSARAG Guidelines procedures Identified airport arrival for incoming teams Teams tasked to incident site to operate under incident controller Disaster Site Incoming teams move to border processing Incident Controller Controller Controller Incident Incident Border processing Immigration Quarantine & MOH Customs Consular Liaison Security Toilet Facilities Secure area (inside customs) District or City incident manager OSOCC (Situated close to disaster site) Teams are registered and tasked to disaster site with information received from LEMA Liaison Officer Reception Centre Staffed by UNDAC using INSARAG and UNDAC procedures Registring and briefing of teams Toilet facilities Refreshment insecure area (outside customs) (LEMA) Teams transported from airport reception centre to OSOCC liaison and coordination

6. INTERNATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE ADVISORY GROUP (INSARAG) • Inter-governmental network, established in 1991 following lessons from Armenia earthquake of 1988. Under the United Nations Deals with Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) response issues - UN GA Resolution 57/150 of 16 Dec 2002“Strengthening the Effectiveness and Coordination of International Urban Search and Rescue Assistance” • •

7. THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE ADVISORY GROUP (INSARAG) Steering Committee (Switzerland) Secretariat OCHA/Geneva (ERS) Working Groups International USAR Team Leaders Meeting Ad-hoc Working Groups Regional Group Asia/Pacific (Australia) Regional Group Africa/Europe (Italy ) Regional Group Americas (Argentina) Ad-hoc Working Groups Trg, Medical, Lt. Teams, IM, Guidelines Review

8. INSARAG MANDATE • Develop global standards for minimum capacity of international USAR assistance • Develop standardised procedures for international cooperation and coordination in collapsed structure response • Improve disaster response preparedness • Promote capacity building in earthquake -prone countries

9. INSARAG IDENTIFICATION OF USAR TEAMS Deeply 20% Heavy USAR Entombed Medium USAR Some voids and confined space 30% Light USAR 15% Minor Injuries – lightly trapped 35% Local Resources Light USAR Teams are intended to augment local resources. Medium USAR Teams are intended to improve operations due to increased capacity. Heavy USAR Teams are intended to enhance operations and work to free those deeply entombed.

10. THE INSARAG GUIDELINES • Procedures for international USAR team requests, deployment , Coordination On-Site (OSOCC ) Minimum acceptable operational standards and requirements of International USAR teams to cover: – Management – Logistics – Search – Rescue – Medical Guidance to Member States for establishment of USAR capacity • • • INSARAG External Classification(IEC) system

11. INSARAG GUIDELINES INTERNATIONAL USAR TEAMS CAPABILITY  Team should be self sufficient for 10 days, but can be deployed longer if necessary.  Team needs to be airborne “wheels up” 10 hours from notification.  Must have the following USAR Staff:  Disaster managers  Medical personnel  Structural engineers  Lifting & Rigging specialists  Rescue specialists  Canine teams  Hazardous materials specialists  ICT specialists  Logistical, planning and support staff United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination FCS Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) INSARAG Secretariat OCHA

12. INSARAG GUIDELINES USAR TEAM STRUCTURE All USAR teams, irrespective of their capacity, classification and operational involvement should comprise of the following components: Management Logistics Search Rescue Medical United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination FCS Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) INSARAG Secretariat OCHA

13. INTERNATIONAL USAR TEAMS IN NEPAL EARTHQUAKE, 2015 74 USAR teams from 31 countries. 2,142 Responders, 189 Dogs 13

14. INSARAG GUIDELINES – USAR COORDINATION ON SITE (THE UN OSOCC) Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, 2005 Earthquake Kathmandu , Nepal, 2015 Earthquake

15. OVERALL USAR COORDINATION STRUCTURE GDACS Virtual OSOCC RDC Local Emergency UN OSOCC Management Authority (LEMA) USAR Coordination Sector Coordination Local Sector LEMA Domestic USAR teams International USAR Teams

16. INTERNATIONAL EXTERNAL CLASSIFICATION (IEC) External team tests USAR team for: •Management •Logistics •Search •Rescue •Medical Testing – 48 hour live Exercise: •Preparedness •Mobilisation & Deployment •Operations •Demobilisation

17. 53 IEC CLASSIFIED USAR TEAMS WORLDWIDE Americ as AEME Asia- Pacific Heavy 2 24 8 Mediu m 2 17 0 Total 4 41 8