Search & Rescue

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Herewith we would like to inform you that about the Security Management Course scheduled in Kabul, Afghanistan:

May 12-14, 2009, Security Management Country Level Course, Kabul, Afghanistan

To All 9/11 First Responder Heroes!!

I am writing this thread because I ask for your help to my dissertation study aiming improvement in disaster management effectiveness.

By Jonathan M. Katz
Associated Press
Friday, September 5, 2008; Page A12

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: September 2, 2008

In 2003, Oxfam-GB, Save the Children-US, World Vision International, Catholic Relief Services, the International Rescue Committee, CARE International, and Mercy Corps formed the Inter-Agency Working Group (IWG) on Emergency Capacity Building. ECB is a collaborative effort of seven humanitarian agencies that are jointly tackling common problems in emergency response and preparedness. Over a two-year period, these agencies and their strategic partners are addressing issues pertaining to staff capacity, accountability (primarily to affected populations), impact measurement, risk reduction, and the use of information and technology in emergencies. While seeking to improve the way the seven agencies respond to humanitarian crises, ECB is deeply committed to contributing to reform in the humanitarian sector as a whole. ECB will work closely with other humanitarian organizations and share findings widely.

In light of the recent earthquake in Peru: there exists the ALNAP/ProVention Lessons Learned papers on previous earthquake relief operations and previous recovery operations. They can be found on the ALNAP website at:

Responsenet in association with Omaxe Foundation is organizing an International conference on Facilitation of Supply Chain for Diasaters and Learnings of Stakeholders for proactive scalable Collaborations on 19th March 2007, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

Call for Papers: The Sphere Project (Deadline 28 February 2007)

This year is the tenth anniversary of Sphere. Since its launch in 1997, the Sphere Project has become an important influence on the practice of emergency relief in a wide variety of disaster settings. On this occasion, the Sphere Project wishes to receive articles from practitioners about their views on Sphere, 10 years after its inception:

Hi all,

My name is Gerald Smith and I am conducting research on geographic-information requirements for people impacted by any type of disaster.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance. If you have experienced a disaster event, please spare a few minutes to complete a short survey regarding your experience. The survey is safe, secure, and anonymous as no contact information is required. Please open the survey by clicking this link:

The group of the website www.choleracafe.com has elaborated a free field manual called BIES (Basic International Setting) Field Manual is the result of distillation of official documents and websites and recent red cross/ red crescent publications.

I am looking for a training manual on community level light search and rescue. This should include simple basic techniques tha can be carried out by laymen with hands or simple tools like rope, pick, shovels. The purpose is I want to train the community people in Nepal on community level light search and rescue without using hitech equipment and skill. This will help the community to search and rescue the victims at an instant of an event without waiting for the high trained rescuers to come. of course the team will come but it will be quite late and I the community need to take out the victims that are lightly trapped or evn on the surface itself.

Principles of Conduct for
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs
in Disaster Response Programmes
http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/conduct/code.asp

FYI.

Working for security sector reform and development issues including DDR.
Interested to promote security education and forum discussion in security policy issues.
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Hi,

The issue of disaster risk management has in my few years of experience been tackled and much more thought at rural settings. i.e. food insecurity, the aproach on watsan, etc. However, disasters and major emergencies affect the cities as well. Examples are population movements/migration; floods; technological disasters, hurricanes, etc.