Urban search and rescue
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Urban search and rescue is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collap
Rescuers with a victim of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Rescue teams evacuating residents from flooded areas during Hurricane Katrina
One of the Canine rescuers on assignment after the 2013 Colorado floods. Search and rescue dogs can help their handlers be more effective at finding humans in crises.
USAR truck, First Company, Santiago de Chile FD
The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group is a United Nations advisory body established in 1991 focused on Urban Search and Rescue. It develops standards, classifications, and methodologies f
Urban search and rescue
…from far afield has brought a very strong drive for standardization within nations and internationally, most obvious in the role of the United Nations' International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) in large natural disasters. Urban search-and-rescue is considered a multi-hazard discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of hazards…
German aid organization "@fire" classified by INSARAG as the world's first "USAR Light" earthquake rescue team
Gary Carroll and his dog Diesel from the UK's International Search and Rescue team in Chautara, April 2015
INSARAG members convening in Argentina, November 2019