International Search and Rescue Advisory Group

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INSARAG

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
Agency overview
Agency executive	Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, Secretary of INSARAG
Parent agency	UNOCHA
Website	www.insarag.org

The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated to urban search and rescue (USAR) and operational field coordination. It aims to establish standards and classification for international USAR teams 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.