Fact Finding Mission

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Fact Finding Mission means something like "delegation to investigate the circumstances".

The term is often used in disaster control organizations and stands for a small advance team that comes to a location as quickly as possible to investigate the situation. The aim is to ensure the most effective help possible for those affected. The further the deployment location is from the home base, the more important such a situation report is .

Since this also requires special knowledge of your own possibilities, each aid organization tries to put together its own fact-finding mission. The most important task is to determine the damage situation and the general conditions under which a larger unit can help. This is intended to make decisions such as marching orders or the necessary equipment that must be made in the home country of the organization easier or even possible.

Depending on the task at hand, the group will consist of experts from various disciplines. Due to the mostly long distances, there are almost always logisticians in the group who deal with replenishing the team and material.

But the term is also used in business and other areas, for example when a location for a new company is to be found. In this case, z. B. explores the structure of the infrastructure and the labor market in order to give company management a basis for decision-making.

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