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International Medium USAR teams travelling to an affected country<br />

should be operational in the affected country within 32 hours of the<br />

posting of the disaster on the VO. A medium team must be adequately<br />

staffed to allow for 24 hour operations at 1 site for up to 7 days.<br />

7.3. Heavy USAR Teams have the operational capability for difficult and<br />

complex technical search and rescue operations. Heavy USAR teams<br />

are required to be able to search for entrapped persons use both canine<br />

and technical systems, and are envisaged for international assistance in<br />

disasters resulting in the collapse of multiple structures, typically found in<br />

urban settings, when national response capacity has either been<br />

overwhelmed or does not possess the required capability. International<br />

Heavy USAR teams travelling to an affected country should be<br />

operational in the affected country within 48 hours of the posting of the<br />

disaster on the VO. A heavy team must be adequately staffed to allow for<br />

24 hour operations at 2 separate sites for up to 10 days.<br />

8. Only USAR teams that meet the requirements of the USAR team classification<br />

system will be registered in the <strong>INSARAG</strong> USAR Directory. Details of the<br />

requirements that teams need to achieve in order to be classified are listed in<br />

the <strong>INSARAG</strong> Classification Guide for Minimum Acceptable Capacities.<br />

(chapter G10)<br />

9. The <strong>INSARAG</strong> Secretariat will arrange to conduct the <strong>INSARAG</strong> External<br />

Classification (IEC) of international USAR teams when requested to do so by<br />

the USAR teams National Focal Point (chapter I2).<br />

<strong>INSARAG</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> April <strong>2012</strong><br />

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