ISAR Germany

ISAR Germany (International Search and Rescue)
legal form	private aid organization , association
founding	2003
Seat	Duisburg Germany
main emphasis	Civil and disaster control, humanitarian aid, search and rescue dogs
people	Daniela Lesmeister
Website	isar-germany.de

ISAR Germany (International Search and Rescue) is an international aid organization that consists of an association of volunteer rescue specialists from the Federal Republic of Germany . The organization, founded in 2003 and based in Duisburg, is the first NGO in the world to be audited and classified according to international standards as a member of the UN organization International Search and Rescue Advisory Group . It is listed as a “Medium Urban Search and Rescue Team”.

tasks

International activity

The association becomes active after disasters such as earthquakes, explosions or flood disasters. Members of the aid organization can be sent to the target area within a few hours of the affected state requesting help from the United Nations .

Both specially trained rescue dogs and light technical rescue equipment are used. In addition to the SAR specialists, the aid organization also has a medical component. If necessary, a field hospital can be set up in a crisis area in the shortest possible time in order to be able to adequately care for the seriously injured.

Regional disaster control

With rescue dogs, missing dogs and modern location technology, ISAR Germany is one of the non-police BOS in North Rhine-Westphalia . The volunteers work regularly with fire departments and other aid organizations to search for missing people.

education

All emergency services have well-founded (professional) training in the respective area of operation and are trained internally in the organization for international work in crisis and disaster areas.

In principle, the helpers work in three different work areas, whose affiliation is evident from the color of the protective helmets. The members of the leadership and management team are equipped with white helmets, members of the medical units wear blue helmets, while dog handlers and members of the mountain teams are equipped with red helmets.

Others

Founder Daniela Lesmeister was honored in 2010 with the Bambi in the category "Silent Heroes" for her work.

Aid abroad

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Earthquake in Peru 2007
Earthquake in Indonesia 2009
2010 Haiti earthquake
Reconstruction project after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Medical humanitarian operation in Libya 2011
Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines 2013
Earthquake in Nepal 2015
Hurricane Matthew 2016
Explosion disaster in the port of Beirut 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.isar-germany.de/navigationen/service-footer/satzung/ ( Memento from March 13, 2011 on WebCite )
↑ ISAR Germany is INSARAG certified Quality Assured Disaster Relief ( Memento from May 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Emergency medical aid - I S A R Germany. Retrieved April 16, 2017 (American English).
^ National Civil Protection - I S A R Germany. Retrieved April 16, 2017 (American English).
↑ SWR Aktuell, SWR Aktuell: THW in Mainz starts an aid mission in Lebanon in the evening. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .

[1] ttp://www.isar-germany.de/navigationen/service-footer/satzung/ ( Memento from March 13, 2011 on WebCite )

[2] ISAR Germany is INSARAG certified Quality Assured Disaster Relief ( Memento from May 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Emergency medical aid - I S A R Germany. Retrieved April 16, 2017 (American English).

[4] National Civil Protection - I S A R Germany. Retrieved April 16, 2017 (American English).

[5] SWR Aktuell, SWR Aktuell: THW in Mainz starts an aid mission in Lebanon in the evening. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .