INSARAG IEC-R Leadership Course 2025 – Qatar

The INSARAG IEC/R Leadership Course was held in Doha, Qatar, from 13 to 16 January 2025, hosted by the Qatar team at Lekhwiya Centre. This was the third course of its kind, following those held in Oman (2020) and The Netherlands (2023). The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the IEC/R process for individuals preparing to take on leadership roles, including Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, Classifiers, Mentors, and representatives of the INSARAG Secretariat.

The course was facilitated by members of the INSARAG Training Working Group, alongside other experts, and brought together 22 participants from around the world.

Over four days, the course focused on key topics such as the Roles and Responsibilities of leadership positions, Negotiation Skills, Exercise Design, Checklist, and Exercise Site Analysis. Knowledge and experiences were exchanged between participants and facilitators to enrich the learning process.

A heartfelt thank you to all the participants, facilitators, and especially to Qatar for graciously hosting this successful course.

IER POL-01

Congratulations to USAR Poland (POL-01) for successfully passing the INSARAG External Reclassification (IER) for the third time in Gdańsk, Poland between 14-16 April! A well-deserved achievement and best wishes from the INSARAG Secretariat!

Activities in the Network

During the 2025 ISG, two videos of EMERCOM’s Arctic Expedition “Safe Arctic — 2025” and Tunisian ERE and Working Group & Team Leaders Meeting 2025 was displayed. These videos provide a brief insight of all activities taking place in the INSARAG Network.

If you did not have a chance to see the Videos at the 2025 ISG, the videos are now available here below:

IER FRA-02

Between the 31 March- 4 April, the Military Units of French Civil Protection HUSAR (UIISC 1) (FRA-02) successfully passed their second heavy IER in Sancoins, France. FRA-02 first did their heavy IEC in 2014, and their first IER in 2019. This second IER is a well-deserved achievement. Congratulations to the team!

Flood Response Directory

This INSARAG Flood Response directory provides details on INSARAG classified or national USAR teams that already have capabilities and on a voluntary basis are prepared to deploy on request of affected flood ravaged countries requiring international assistance.

The intention of this Flood Response directory is to provide an overview of the different teams currently available for international deployment. This directory includes both INSARAG Externally Classified (IEC) teams as well as those teams that are not IEC classified.

This directory is open to all governmental or non-governmental/volunteer organisations involved in providing or potentially receiving international Flood Response assistance or capacity building. Inclusion in the Flood Response directory does not represent any accreditation of a team by INSARAG .

All requests for inclusion into or editing of this database should be submitted through the INSARAG country national focal point and the attached form should be sent directly to the INSARAG secretariat at: [email protected] .

Asia-Pacific RegionTeam Factsheet
Australia, AUS-01 DART
Contact: A/Chief Superintendent Doug May
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Australia, AUS-02 DART
Contact: Chief Superintendent Jeremy Stubbs
Email: [email protected] 		Team Factsheet
Malaysia, MAS-01
Contact: Mr. Meor Ismail Bin Meor Akim, Deputy Director General (Operation) 
Email: [email protected] 		Team Factsheet
AEME Region
France, FRA-02
Contact: Mr. Hugues De Loynes De Fumichon
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
France, FRA-03
Contact: Ms. Marie Peucelle
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
United Kingdom, GBR-01
Contact: Mr. Russell Gauden
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Americas Region
Argentina, ARG-12
Contact: Mr. Dominique Gonzalo
Email: [email protected] 		Team Factsheet
Brazil, BRA-01-GO
Contact: Cap BM Thiago Wening
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Brazil, BRA-01-MG
Contact: Mr. Welter Alves das Chagas
Email: [email protected] 		Team Factsheet
Brazil, BRA-01-MT
Contact: TC BM Mário Henrique Faro Ferreira
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Brazil, BRA-01-PR
Contact: Mr. Icaro Gabriel Greinert
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Brazil, BRA-01-SP
Contact: Mr. João Rafael Mininel Gonçalves
Email: [email protected] or |[email protected] 		Team Factsheet
Ecuador, ECU-11
Contact: Mr. Jorge Luis Montanero Illingworth 
Email: [email protected]		Team Factsheet
Panama, PAN-10
Contact: Mr. Cesar Lange
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]		Team Factsheet

IEC/Rs since 2005

*Teams listed with red are no longer reclassifying

YEAR  DATE REGION  Country  Team Code  LEVEL  IEC/IER  
2005  19-21/09 AEME  Hungary  HUN-01  Heavy  IEC  
2006  5-9/03 AEME  United Kingdom  GBR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2006  19-21/09 Americas  United States  USA-01  Heavy  IEC  
2007  18-21/01 Americas  United States  USA-02  Heavy  IEC  
2007  4-8/06 AEME  Netherlands  NED-01  Heavy  IEC  
2007  28/08-02/09 AEME  Germany  GER-01  Heavy  IEC  
2007  28/09-01/10 AEME  Germany  GER-02  Medium IEC  
2008  14-18/01 Asia-Pacific  Singapore  SGP-01  Heavy  IEC  
2008  26-29/05 AEME  Sweden  SWE-01  Heavy  IEC  
2008  17-20/11 AEME  Switzerland  SUI-01  Heavy  IEC  
2008  13-16/10 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-01  Heavy  IEC  
2008  26-29/05 AEME Norway  NOR-01  Medium  IEC  
2009  6-10/04 AEME  Poland  POL-01  Heavy  IEC  
2009  10-13/09 AEME  Iceland  ISL-01  Medium  IEC  
2009  11-14/11 Asia-Pacific  China  CHN-01  Heavy  IEC  
2009  14-17/12 AEME  United Arab Emirates  UAE-01  Medium IEC  
2009  1-5/06 AEME  United Kingdom  GBR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2010  8-12/03 Asia-Pacific  Japan  JPN-01  Heavy  IEC  
2010  23-27/05 AEME  Denmark  DEN-01  Heavy  IEC  
2010  23-27/05 AEME  Belgium  BEL-01  Medium  IEC  
2010  10-14/10 AEME  Czech Republic  CZE-01  Heavy  IEC  
2010  2-5/11 AEME  France  FRA-01  Medium  IEC  
2011  17-21/04 AEME  Lithuania  LTU-01  Medium  IEC  
2011  19-22/05 AEME  Austria  AUT-01  Medium  IEC  
2011  26/06-01/07 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-01  Heavy  IEC  
2011  11-15/07 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-03  Medium  IEC  
2011  7-10/11 Asia-Pacific  Republic of Korea  KOR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2011  28/11-01/12 AEME  Spain  ESP-01  Medium  IEC  
2011  28/11-01/12 AEME  Spain  ESP-02  Medium  IEC  
2011  21-23/10 Americas  United States  USA-01  Heavy  IER1  
2011  26-29/09 AEME  Netherlands  NED-01  Heavy  IER1  
2012  23-28/03 AEME  Oman  OMA-01  Medium  IEC  
2012  16-20/04 AEME  Finland  FIN-01  Heavy  IEC  
2012  9-12/09 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-02  Heavy  IEC  
2012  24-28/09 AEME  Austria  AUT-02  Heavy  IEC  
2012  15-19/10 AEME  Hungary  HUN-02  Medium  IEC  
2012  17-19/10 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2012  17-21/05 Americas  United States  USA-02  Heavy  IER1  
2012  15-19/10 AEME  Hungary  HUN-01  Heavy  IER1 
2012  2-6/09 AEME  Germany  GER-01  Heavy  IER1  
2012  2-6/09 AEME  Germany  GER-02  Medium IER1  
2013  20-24/05 AEME  Jordan  JOR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2013  4-8/11 AEME  Belarus  BLR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2013  25-28/09 Asia-Pacific  Singapore  SGP-01  Heavy  IER1  
2013  7-11/10 AEME  Sweden  SWE-01  Heavy  IER1  
2013  19-24/08 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-01  Heavy  IER1  
2013  15-19/12 AEME  United Arab Emirates  UAE-01  Heavy  IER1  
2014  23-27/3 AEME  France  FRA-02  Heavy  IEC  
2014  27-29/3 AEME  France  FRA-03  Heavy  IEC  
2014  26-30/5 AEME  Romania  ROU-01  Medium  IEC  
2014  31/6-3/7 AEME  Ukraine  UKR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2014  27-30/10 AEME  Morocco  MAR_01  Heavy  IEC  
2014  26-30/10 AEME  Switzerland  SUI-01  Heavy  IER1  
2014  7-11/4 AEME  Poland  POL-01  Heavy  IER1  
2014  11-14/6 AEME  Iceland  ISL-01  Medium  IER1  
2014  24-28/8 Asia-Pacific  China  CHN-01  Heavy  IER1  
2015  8-11/3 Asia-Pacific  New Zealand  NZL-01  Heavy  IEC  
2015  1-5/4 AEME  Saudi Arabia  KSA-01  Heavy  IEC  
2015  1-4/9 AEME  Armenia  ARM-01  Medium  IEC  
2015  2-5/11 AEME  Estonia  EST-01  Medium  IEC  
2015  22-24/11 AEME  Qatar  QAT-01  Heavy  IEC  
2015  2-5/3 Asia-Pacific  Japan  JPN-01  Heavy  IER1  
2015  29/9-3/10 AEME  Denmark  DEN-01  Heavy  IER1  
2015  29/9-2/10 AEME  Belgium  BEL-01  Medium  IER1  
2015  15-19/6 AEME  Czech Republic  CZE-01  Heavy  IER1  
2015  2-5/6 AEME  France  FRA-01  Medium  IER1  
2016  31/5-3/6 Asia-Pacific  Malaysia  MAS-01  Heavy  IEC  
2016  19-24/6 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-01  Heavy  IER1  
2016  25-28/5 AEME  Spain  ESP-01  Medium  IER1  
2016  16-20/5 AEME  Spain  ESP-02  Medium  IER1  
2016  15-19/6 AEME  Austria AUT-01  Medium  IER1  
2016  19-24/6 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-02  Medium  IEC  
2016  7-11/11 AEME  Lithuania  LTU-01  Medium  IER1  
2016  14-18/11 Asia-Pacific  Republic of Korea  KOR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2016  27/4-1/5 Americas  United States  USA-01  Heavy  IER2  
2016  25-29/5 AEME  United Kingdom  GBR-01  Heavy  IER2  
2017  20-23/2 AEME  South Africa  RSA-01  Medium  IEC  
2017  13-15/3 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-02  Heavy  IEC  
2017  20-24/3 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2017  27/4-1/5 Americas  United States  USA-02  Heavy  IER2  
2017  8-10/5 AEME  Germany  GER-02  Medium IER2  
2017  7-11/5 AEME  Germany  GER-01  Heavy  IER2  
2017  15-19/5 AEME  Hungary  HUN-01  Heavy  IER2  
2017  15-19/5 AEME  Hungary  HUN-02  Medium  IER1  
2017  29-31/8 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-02  Heavy  IER1  
2017  25-28/9 AEME  Austria  AUT-02  Heavy  IER1  
2017  30/10-3/11 AEME  Algeria  ALG-01  Medium  IEC  
2017  13-17/11 Americas  Chile  CHI-01  Medium IEC  
2017  3-7/12 AEME  Oman  OMA-01  Medium  IER1  
2018  25-29/1 AEME  Finland  FIN-01  Heavy  IER1  
2018  5-9/3 Americas  Colombia  COL-01  Medium  IEC  
2018  20-23/3 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-03  Medium  IER1 
2018  13-17/8 AEME  Belarus  BLR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2018  20-23/8 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-01  Heavy  IER2  
2018  3-6/9 Asia-Pacific  Singapore  SGP-01  Heavy  IER2  
2018  22-24/10 AEME  Jordan  JOR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2018  6-10/11 AEME  Italy  ITA-01  Heavy  IEC  
2018  26-29/11 AEME  Israel  ISR-01  Heavy  IEC  
2019  25-28/1 AEME  Netherlands  NED-01  Heavy  IER2  
2019  17-21/3 AEME  United Arab Emirates  UAE-01  Heavy  IER2  
2019  26-29/3 AEME  France  FRA-02  Heavy  IER1  
2019  2-4/4 AEME  France  FRA-03  Heavy  IER2  
2019  11-14/6 AEME  Poland  POL-01  Heavy  IER2  
2019  12-15/6 AEME  Romania  ROU-01  Medium  IER1  
2019  3-7/9 AEME  Ukraine  UKR-01  Heavy  IER1  
2019  20-23/10 Asia-Pacific  China  CHN-02  Heavy  IEC  
2019  21-23/10 Asia-Pacific  China  CHN-01 Heavy  IER2  
2019  28-31/10 Asia-Pacific  Pakistan  PAK-01  Medium  IEC  
2019  26-29/11 Asia-Pacific  Indonesia  INA-01  Medium  IEC  
2021  18-25/9 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-03  Medium  IEC  
2021  21-24/11 AEME  France  FRA-01  Medium  IER1  
2021  22-24/11 AEME  Switzerland  SUI-01  Heavy  IER2  
2021  21-24/ 11 AEME  Germany  GER-03  Light  IEC  
2022  26-27/4 Americas  United States  USA-01  Heavy  IER3  
2022  26-30/6 AEME  Tunisia  TUN-01  Medium  IEC  
2022  26-30/8 AEME  Türkiye  TUR-04  Light  IEC  
2022  1-4/9 AEME  Armenia  ARM-01  Medium  IER1  
2022  19-22/9 AEME  United Kingdom  GBR-03  Light  IEC  
2022 8-12/11 AP Japan  JPN-01 Heavy IER2 
2022  21-23/11 AEME  Saudi Arabia  KSA-01  Heavy  IER1  
2022  29/11-2/12 AEME  Estonia  EST-01  Medium  IER1  
2022  8-11/12 AEME  Cyprus  CYP-01  Light  IEC  
2023  12-16/6 AEME  Czech Republic  CZE-01  Heavy  IER2  
2023  3-8/9 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-02  Medium  IER1  
2023  3-6/10 AEME  Hungary  HUN-02  Medium  IER2  
2023  2-6/10 Asia-Pacific  Republic of Korea  KOR-01  Heavy  IER2  
2023  12-16/11 AEME  Spain  ESP-02  Medium  IER2  
2023  27-30/11 AEME  Spain  ESP-01  Medium  IER2  
2023  26-29/11 AEME  United Kingdom  GBR-01  Heavy  IER2  
2024  14-17/5 Americas  United States  USA-02  Heavy  IER3  
2024  25-30/5 Asia-Pacific  New Zealand  NZL-01  Heavy  IER1  
2024  30/5-2/6 Americas  Chile  CHI-01  Medium  IER1  
2024  24-28/6 AEME  Russian Federation  RUS-01  Heavy  IER2  
2024  23-27/9 AEME  Hungary  HUN-01  Heavy  IER3  
2024  23-26/9 AEME  Azerbaijan  AZE-01  Medium  IEC  
2024  14-18/10 Asia-Pacific  Australia  AUS-02  Heavy  IER2  
2024  25-28/11 AEME  Qatar  QAT-01  Heavy  IER1  
2025 27-31/1 AEME Netherlands NED-01 HeavyIER3 
202531/3-4/4AEMEFranceFRA-02HeavyIER2

Americas Contacts

Regional ChairBrazil Mr. Wolnei Wolff Barreiros[email protected]National Secretary, National Secretariat for Protection and Civil Defence, Ministry of Integration and Regional Development
Mr. José Solla Vásquez Junior[email protected]; [email protected]General Coordinator for Humanitarian Cooperation, Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incoming ChairEl SalvadorMr. Luis Alonso Amaya Durán[email protected]; [email protected]Director General, Civil Protection. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Outgoing ChairEcuadorMr. Jorge Raul Carillo[email protected]Secretary for Risk Management, Secretariat for Risk Management (SGR)

GEA is 30 Years Old!

On the 30th anniversary of the GEA Search and Rescue Team, GEA Coordinator and team leaders presented a commemorative plaque to INSARAG representatives in recognition of our strong cooperation and shared commitment to humanitarian efforts.

As we celebrate this milestone, we remain dedicated to moving forward—step by step—toward a better world, guided by the spirit of goodwill.

Here’s to many more decades of compassion, solidarity, and the unwavering power of volunteerism!

A WORD FROM OUR INSARAG GLOBAL CHAIRMAN

“INSARAG has become a global model for assistance, and I am honored to be the Global Chair of such a dynamic, highly respected, professional, and disciplined network. I believe that we are continuously inspiring better collaboration in the field of urban search and rescue, and I am sure that we will continue to do so for many more decades.”
Ambassador Dominik Stillhart, INSARAG Global Chair