Emergency Response Team
An emergency response team (also: incident response team) of an organization or an authority can be deployed before the actual helpers arrive in the event of a disaster or major disaster to explore the scope and locations of the helpers and to prepare them in cooperation with already active helpers. This applies regularly before aid missions to be coordinated internationally. In addition to specialists according to the emergency and communication specialists, these teams are primarily composed of logisticians who can assess how far the existing infrastructure, e.g. B. an airport, can still be used.
The term is mainly used by organizations that are active in the broader sense of civil protection ; but also for teams that only perform police or fire service tasks.
Examples
- UNHCR Emergency Response Team - UN refugee aid worldwide
- Joint reporting and situation center (FRG, federal government) - Germany
- Canada's RCMP Emergency Response Team
- Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team
- UNITED STATES:
- Incident Command System (ICS) - for fire-fighting operations
- US National Response Team (NRT) - for accidents involving hazardous substances (USA; Eng.)
See also
- Operations management
- Incident Management (IT area, computer breakdowns)
literature
- Richard Bejtlich: Incident Detection, Response and Forensics: The Basics , CSOonline, April 2, 2008.