INSARAG is a global network of more than 80 countries and organisations under the United Nations umbrella. INSARAG deals with urban search and rescue (USAR) related issues, aiming to establish minimum international standards for USAR teams and methodology for international coordination in earthquake response based on the INSARAG Guidelines endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 57/150 of 2002, on “Strengthening the Effectiveness and Coordination of International Urban Search and Rescue Assistance”
INSARAG STATEMENT
A word from our INSARAG Global Chairman
The 2017 INSARAG Steering Group meeting befittingly took part of the Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week (HNPW) in Geneva on the 9th of February 2017. The week saw around 1,300 participants with representatives from Member States, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector, regional organizations and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement...... (read more)
Ambassador Manuel Bessler
INSARAG Chairman
Regional NEWS
- INSARAG AMERICAS REGIONAL GROUP BULLETINS
- INSARAG Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2018, Tokyo, Japan
- INSARAG Earthquake Response Exercise in Armenia 5-7 December 2018
- INSARAG Earthquake Response Exercise in the Asia Pacific - Clark, Philippines.
- Noticias
- USAR Coordination Course (UCC), France
- XVII INSARAG Americas regional group meeting, Mexico 2018
- XVII Reunión anual del Grupo regional del INSARAG de las Américas, México 2018
INSARAG UPCOMING EVENTS
Global NEWS
- INSARAG Regional KoBo Toolbox Course in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia on 2-5 July 2018
- Invitation United Nations Humanitaian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) Course for Europe, Reichenau, Austria, 22-27 April 2018
- INSARAG Training Working Group Meeting in Berlin, Germany
- BSAFE - New Security Training
- ICCROM Releases new online, free to download resource on cultural heritage rescue
- INSARAG Team Leaders Meeting 2018, Bucharest, Romania
- Kobo Toolbox training in Dombóvár, Tolna County, Hungary
- Wisdom of (using) the crowds: Enhancing disasters preparedness through public training in Light Search and Rescue
- Final report: KoBo Training of Trainers 8.-9.5.2018, Finland
- New checklist version July 2018
- Key points _ Mid-year Teleconference_INSARAG Regional Chairs and Working Group Chairs, 14 June 2018
- INSARAG Guidelines Review Group (GRG)
- New INSARAG Guidelines APP
- INSARAG 2017 Report and Group Decision 2018
- National Accreditation Process News