The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated to urban search and rescue (USAR) and operational field coordination. It is a UN Organization that promotes the exchange of information between national Urban Search and rescue

USAR

USAR may refer to one of the following:*Unconditional Search and Replace, an initialism used in computing for features in text editors and computer operating systems...

 Organizations.
INSARAG was established in 1991 following initiatives of international SAR teams that responded to the 1988 Armenia earthquake. The United Nations was chosen as the INSARAG secretariat to facilitate international participation and coordination. The Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS), located within OCHA Geneva's Emergency Services Branch (ESB), functions as the INSARAG secretariat.
INSARAG intends to establish standards for the coordination of earthquake responses.

History

After an Earthquake in Armenia in 1988. The German Swiss and Austrian SAR Units founded 1991 the INSARAG in Beuggen. Today, there are over 80 Countries of the Organisation.

Member Organisations

• Cyprus
  Cyprus
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
  
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  • Civil Defence
• Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
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  • Technisches Hilfswerk
    Technisches Hilfswerk
    The Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk is a civil protection organisation controlled by the German federal government...
    
    
  • I.S.A.R. Germany
  • @fire - International Disaster Response
• Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
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  • ICE-SAR
    ICE-SAR
    ICE-SAR is a special unit within the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue. It is one of less than 15 teams worldwide that has received IEC Classification from INSARAG under the United Nations umbrella....
    
    
• Nederland
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  
  • USAR
    USAR
    USAR may refer to one of the following:*Unconditional Search and Replace, an initialism used in computing for features in text editors and computer operating systems...
    
    
• Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
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  • AKUT Search and Rescue Association (Medium SAR Team - 2011)
• USA:
  • US Agency for International Development
• Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
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  • SDC / Humanitarian Aid / Swiss Rescue
• United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
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  • International Rescue Corps
    International Rescue Corps
    The International Rescue Corps is a volunteer organization involved in disaster rescue, based in Grangemouth, Scotland.It is an independent United Nations registered disaster rescue service with an accredited UK National Open College Network qualification in Urban Search and Rescue...
    
    
  • RAPID UK

External links

• http://www.intrescue.org/ International Rescue Corps - UK
• http://www.rapiduk.org.uk/ RAPID UK
• International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) website
• http://www.Reliefweb.int
• INSARAG Member List: http://vosocc.unocha.org/USAR_Directory/MemberCountriesOverview.asp