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The INSARAG Technical Guidance Notes provide non-binding guidance to USAR teams beyond what is specified as minimum requirements by the INSARAG Guidelines. These Technical Guidance Notes are prepared by the INSARAG working groups and then endorsed by the INSARAG Steering Group. Please note that these Technical Guidance Notes are not parts of the INSARAG Guidelines, they are only good practices and recommendations. They are not the expectations from INSARAG member USAR teams or those USAR teams that undergo the INSARAG External Classification (IEC) process.
Medical Guidance Notes:
- Amputations and Dismemberment – Link – endorsed in 2023
- Identification of USAR Medical Personnel – Link – endorsed in 2011
- Post Mission Medical Reporting – Link – endorsed in 2011
- Provision of Medical Care in an Austere Environment Specifically in a Confined Space – Link – endorsed in 2011
- Recovery of Deceased During USAR Operations – Link – endorsed in 2011
- The Donation of Medical Supplies and Equipment Prior to Demobilisation – Link – endorsed in 2011
- The Medical Management of the Entrapped Patient with Crush Syndrome – Link – endorsed in 2023
- Patient Treatment Record – Link – endorsed in 2012
- Urban Search and Rescue in Extreme Environmental Conditions – Link – endorsed in 2014
- INSARAG Injury and Illness Log – Link – endorsed in 2019
- Template Letter requesting Ability to Practice USAR Medicine – Link – endorsed in 2019
- INSARAG Patient Treatment Form – Link – endorsed in October 2019
Medical Guidance Note – Defining USAR Medicine – Link
MWG Covid-19 USAR Response Technical Reference Note – Link
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Chairman`s Summary INSRAG New Year Teleconference – January
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Chairman’s Summary INSARAG New Year Teleconference – January
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Chairman´s Summary – INSARAG New Year Teleconference – January
2022
Chairman´s Summary – INSARAG New Year Teleconference – January
2021
Chairman´s Summary – INSARAG New Year Teleconference – January
2020
INSARAG mid-year call – SUMMARY REPORT – June
2019
INSARAG Mid-year Teleconference – July
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Chairman´s Summary – INSARAG New Year Teleconference – January
INSARAG Priorities for 2017-18 – Summary – June
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Summary of the Telecom- INSARAG Global and Regional Chairs – March
Summary of Key Action Points from the Mid-Year Teleconference – July
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Chairman´s Summary – INSARAG New Year Teleconference – August
The INSARAG Guidelines remain a living document and will be subject to an ongoing process of development to improve and document the way we respond to save lives in major natural disasters like earthquakes, or building collapses in other disasters. This is achieved through a regular five-year review cycle led by the INSARAG Guidelines Review Group (GRG), which aims to facilitate continuous improvement in classified teams. The INSARAG Steering Group (ISG) recognizes the importance of maintaining knowledge and process continuity between the 5-yearly GRG reviews.
Draft Terms of Reference (Endorsed by the ISG in April 2023) 
2025 Working Groups and Team Leaders Meeting in Tunis: Minutes
2024 Meeting in Marmaris: Minutes
2023 Online Meeting
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- Minutes Online Meeting – 3 May 2023
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- Guidelines Review Group Minutes – 18 to 20 August 2023
GRG Contacts
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After Cyclone Idai ripped through Mozambique, entire communities were surrounded by water. Humanitarians did everything they could to save lives and provide vital assistance. Link
Asia Pacific Earthquake Response Exercise 2023
INSARAG Asia Pacific Earthquake Response Exercise 2023 hosted by the Australian government from 21-25 August 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. The exercise organizers were the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES), Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW), and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The objective of the exercise was to practice the INSARAG methodology with national and international responding organizations, having 330 participants from all relevant national government agencies as well as international USAR, EMT, UNDAC members, and MapAction. This exercise was designed to consist of two separate streams. The first stream is dedicated to National Response Coordination to go through the procedure of accepting international assistance, while the second stream is focused on coordination of the international response teams and activities to allow both national and international participants to practice the international deployment cycle with comprehensive and realistic scenario of Australia.
- News articles
- https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recjTUnVZ88mDpCmL
- https://nema.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/major-earthquake-exercise-enhances-international-cooperation-220823
- http://en.nema.gov.mn/n/86234/
- https://akipress.com/news:727904:Mongolian_rescue_team_takes_part_in_exercise_on_response_to_earthquake_in_Australia/
- GUIDELINES REVIEW GROUP 2023 – 2025
- TRAINING WORKING GROUP
- MEDICAL WORKING GROUP
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP
- QUALITY ASSURANCE IEC & IER WORKING GROUP
- NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING WORKING GROUP
- SEARCH AND RESCUE IN FLOOD RESPONSE WORKING GROUP
INSARAG Working Groups Co-Chairs (as of 16-10-2024)
| Guidelines Review Group (GRG) John Cawcutt [[email protected]] Martin Evers [[email protected]] | National Capacity Building WG Wahyudi L. Putra [wahyudi_L[email protected]] Sebastian Mocarquer[[email protected]] |
| Training WG Solveig Thorvaldsdottir [[email protected]] Minato Yusuke [[email protected]] | Quality Assurance IEC/R WG Annika Coll [[email protected] ] David Sochor [[email protected]] |
| Medical WG Anthony Macintyre [macintyr@gwu.edu] Hector Fuentes [hfue333@hotmail.com] | Search and Rescue in Flood Response WG Russ Gauden [[email protected]] Jeremy Stubbs [[email protected]] Jose Solla [[email protected]] |
| Information Management WG Peter Wolff [peter.[email protected]] Jeff Maunder [[email protected]] |