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The count­down has begun - only a few more days until the German aid organ­i­sa­tion @fire will be clas­si­fied as the world’s first inter­na­tional light team accord­ing to the stan­dards of the Inter­na­tional Search and Rescue Advi­sory Group (INSARAG) of the United Nations from 19 to 25 Novem­ber 2021. For this purpose, a 22-member rescue team goes through a large-scale exer­cise in Switzer­land last­ing several days, which is eval­u­ated by observers.

As a United Nations organ­i­sa­tion, INSARAG coor­di­nates and stan­dard­ises inter­na­tional coop­er­a­tion in the field of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), i.e. search and rescue after natural disas­ters such as earth­quakes or floods.

All rescue teams must undergo Exter­nal Clas­si­fi­ca­tion (IEC) in one of the three clas­si­fi­ca­tion levels - light, medium or heavy USAR team. In Germany, the German Federal Agency for Tech­ni­cal Relief (THW) has so far been clas­si­fied as a Heavy Team and the aid organ­i­sa­tion “ISAR Germany” as a Medium Team.

The clas­si­fi­ca­tion level “light” was devel­oped within INSARAG with the find­ings of the rescue oper­a­tion after the earth­quake in Nepal in 2015. As the world’s first aid organ­i­sa­tion, @fire will go through the clas­si­fi­ca­tion as a Light Team from the end of the week.

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The count­down has started; there are only a few days left until the german NGO @fire will be clas­si­fied as the world’s first inter­na­tional light team accord­ing to the stan­dards of the Inter­na­tional Search and Rescue Advi­sory Group (INSARAG) of the United Nations from the 19th until the 25th of Novem­ber. For this reason, an 22-member rescue team will go through a large-scale classification.

As an organ­i­sa­tion of the United Nations, INSARAG coor­di­nates and stan­dard­ises inter­na­tional coop­er­a­tion in the field of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), i.e., the search and rescue after natural disas­ters such as earth­quakes or floods. All rescue teams have to go through an Exter­nal Clas­si­fi­ca­tion (IEC) in one of the three clas­si­fi­ca­tion levels - light, medium, or heavy USAR team. In Germany, the German Federal Agency for Tech­ni­cal Relief (THW) has been clas­si­fied as a heavy team and the NGO “ISAR Germany” as a medium team so far.

The clas­si­fi­ca­tion level “light” was devel­oped within INSARAG based on the find­ings of the rescue oper­a­tions after the earth­quake in Nepal in 2015. As the world’s first disas­ter relief organ­i­sa­tion, @fire will go through the clas­si­fi­ca­tion as a light team start­ing at the end of the week.

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