International Search and Rescue Advisory Group

INSARAG
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
Agency overview
Agency executive
  • Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, Secretary of INSARAG
Parent agencyUNOCHA
Websitewww.insarag.org

The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is an advisory body established in 1991 to facilitate coordination among the various international search and rescue teams. It focuses on Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and aims to establish standards and classifications as well as a methodology for international response coordination in the aftermath of earthquakes and collapsed structure disasters. The INSARAG Secretariat is located in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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