How do activity examples of INSARAG look like? One is to promote "flexible response", but also supporting LEMA with Engineers for structural assessment (e.g. the explosion in Beirut). The exchange between INSARAG Medical Working Group and WHO and EMTs. "It is the goal to build up the right capacity as fast as possible", explains Goxharaj. 

Monet emphasizes that the right guidance makes it easier to be identified by everyone and makes the work much more efficient. It can strengthen civil society, and even if some regions are currently not feeling at risk, they have to be prepared. Concerning wildfires Monet emphasizes one thing: Workshops and trainings, especially at local level, can improve the help by building up specialized and prepared teams. "This is the future!" 

Dr. Diana Mantel

Goxharaj emphasizes that the core of INSARAG are the guidelines - and that they are really fulfilled. Teams, for example, are often classified differently in different regions. This changed in the last years: Instead of having a highly qualified team, now it is more like a club membership with too many teams in the AEME region and not enough in the hot spots for example in Asia. Local teams can save more life and do this faster than international classified USAR teams - but they are still needed. Light USAR teams can increase the live rescue. "They can virtually jump over the boarder", explains Goxharaj. These light teams consist of less than 20 people.

For the capacity building it is good to work as local as possible. Local resilience is an important part of the First Responder Training, while the National Accreditation Process (NAP) is offering a national standard for the USAR teams and LEMA. 

Dr. Diana Mantel