Talk:Urban search and rescue

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WRite this article from an international perspective[edit]

The UN established standards for USAR via INSARAG. FEMA chose to establish it's own (almost identical) standards. This article should reflect the international flavour of Urban SAR and the many countries that do it, and adhere to the UN standards for their international relief efforts. References to FEMA documents are just one example of standards implementation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tsylos (talk • contribs) 06:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I've added some UK/England refs to this and expanded. Escaper27 13:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

INSARAG marking has been updated in 2015, wiki here still showing old marking from 2006. 111.82.60.199 (talk) 02:05, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No light USAR[edit]

This article defines USAR differently from the INSARAG standards, which provide for three levels of capability. E.g. Light, Medium and Heavy. --TimClicks (talk) 11:10, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The three phases of a USAR operation[edit]

Three phases? Really?

Perhaps specific locations or services use three phases, but Australia and New Zealand both use an internationally-recognised six-phase USAR model (Emergency Management Australia Manual 35, section 1.14 (page 6 & 7) - http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(3273BD3F76A7A5DEDAE36942A54D7D90)~Manual35-GeneralandDisasterRescue.pdf/$file/Manual35-GeneralandDisasterRescue.pdf (3.71MB)).

If the original author's area uses three phases, and they have some writing to support that, they should alter the article to reflect the specific area and include the references.

58.108.96.101 (talk) 06:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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