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Contact 2020 INSARAG Asia-Pacific Meeting Summary Remote 15-16 October Link
Annex A _ Asia-Pacific Meeting Agenda Link
Annex B_ Asia-Pacific Meeting List of Participants Link
Annex C_Asia-Pacific Meeting consolidated PPT Link
Author: Marie Mure
Dear colleagues,
Many thanks for your participation in the Africa-Europe-Middle East Regional Meeting 2020, which took place remotely on 30 September.
We are pleased to share with you the finalized chairman’s summary with all annexes.
2020 INSARAG AEME Meeting Summary remote 30 September Link
Annex A_AEME Regional Meeting 2020_ Agenda Link
Annex B_AEME Regional Meeting 2020_List of participants Link
Annex C_Flexible Response AEME Regional Chair – Poland Link
Annex D_AEME Workplan for 2020-2021_compressed Link
This Working Group has been constituted to carry out three specific activities related to the IEC/R process. 1. Monitor and support the implementation of the recommendations from the IEC/R Review _ Final report available Link
Lead the recommendation 5.4 on Classifiers standards. 3. Provide the Secretariat with recommendations on the provision of evidence of ongoing training and exercises for classified teams that have seen their reclassification postponed due to the pandemic.
The full TORs Link
Checklist to be used by Policy, Operational and Team Focal Points to nominate IEC/R classifiers
| Role | Name | Country | Region | Email address |
| Co-chair | Annika Coll | Spain | AEME | annika.coll@madrid.org |
| Co-chair | Dewey Perks | USA | Americas | dperks@ofda.gov |
| Member | David Sochor | Switzerland | AEME | david.sochor@eda.admin.ch |
| Member | Tsukasa Katsube | Japan | Asia-Pacific | tsukasakatsube@yahoo.com |
| Member | Alan Toh | Singapore | Asia-Pacific | Alan_TOH@scdf.gov.sg |
| Member | Paul Burns | New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | Paul.Burns@fireandemergency.nz |
From: Sebastian Rhodes Stampa
Chief, Emergency Response Section (ERS)
Response Support Branch (RSB)
& INSARAG Secretariat
OCHA Coordination Division – Geneva
Dear INSARAG Focal points and members,
On behalf of Singapore Civil Defense Force, the INSARAG Secretariat is pleased to invite you to the INSARAG Asia – Pacific (AP) Regional Meeting, which will be held virtually on 15 and 16 October 2020.
Regional Meetings are a gathering of international USAR policymakers, team leaders, and governmental representatives, among others to exchange information about technical and political USAR issues in the INSARAG context. The participants will discuss best practices and possible improvements in areas of interest. The primary participants in these meetings are expected to be the INSARAG Focal points and Heads of Departments in National Governments who are responsible for disaster management. Please find attached the provisional agenda for the AP Regional Meeting.
The meeting will take place through Webex and we will send the link to registered participants on 12 October. Participants are kindly requested to register through the following link on the Virtual OSOCC by 11 October:
https://vosocc.unocha.org/Reg/6987_INSARAGAPRegional_Meeting2020.html
It is important to be registered on the Virtual OSOCC, as the Webex platform will not be able to register participants.
We look forward to having you with us for this important meeting.
Best regards,
Sebastian
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has enabled the INSARAG community to gain the license required to access the new INSARAG Coordination Management System (ICMS).
The Saudi Arabia Search and Rescue Team (SASART), while preparing for the IER initially scheduled in December 2020, have recently completed the first of a series of online remote simulation exercises (SIMEX) using the new ICMS software.
Working with their strategic partner, DART Solutions, SASART has collectively demonstrated how quickly they can adapt to current circumstances, during this challenging time due to the COVID-19 emergency.
All relevant elements of the team involved in USAR coordination were exercised, including EXCON, RDC, UCC, command support, ASR2 and site commander personnel, Virtual OSOCC and relevant INSARAG forms. More than 20 SASART personnel took part in the virtual simulation exercise over three days while DART’s personnel facilitated the exercise from more than 12,500 kilometers away with a 7-hour time difference.
The virtual SIMEX included setting up and integrating ICMS into the Virtual OSOCC, virtual arrival and RDC set up and operation, virtual LEMA meeting, virtual ASR2 of multiple sectors using multiple USAR teams, worksite triage, worksite prioritization, worksite assignment and worksite reporting culminating in a virtual LEMA briefing.
“Not only did the SIMEX provide an opportunity to practice USAR coordination, it provided an excellent platform to practice using the new ICMS software, a great system, so well done to the designers and developers! By all accounts, the exercise was an outstanding success! We look forward to participating in future virtual SIMEX’s. ” said, LT COL Mohammed Mubarak Alshahrani, Saudi Arabia INSARAG Policy Focal Point
The documents in this section are Best Practices by local USAR teams who had undergone INSARAG Recognised National Accreditation Process. These reports should be viewed as Reference Materials. For more information on the TRL, click on this link – links the reader to TRL Tab in INSARAG.org
Document Submission
To upload a document, submit the document and details of the document, using the document submission form – links the reader to the “Document Submission Form for TRL” and email to the INSARAG Secretariat via insarag@un.org. For more information on the upload process and workflow, please refer to the following link. – links the reader to the “Document Upload Workflow” form
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The documents in this Technical Reference Library section are After Action Review Reports by INSARAG classified Teams that had undergone INSARAG External Classification or INSARAG External Reclassification. They include Best Practices by USAR teams. These reports should be viewed as Reference Materials. For more information on the TRL, click on this link
Document Submission
To upload a document, submit the document and details of the document, using the document submission form – links the reader to the “Document Submission Form for TRL” and email to the INSARAG Secretariat via insarag@un.org. For more information on the upload process and workflow, please refer to the following link.
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