exercise insarag singapore 2002

Exercise INSARAG SINGAPORE 2002

5 to 9 March 2002

Government of SingaporeOCHA Geneva (FCSS)

INSARAG Asia/Pacific Regional Group

General

• The Exercise INSARAG Singapore 2002 is a regional international urban search and rescue (USAR) exercise, which is organized within the framework of the activities of the INSARAG Regional Group Asia/Pacific

• Exercise Objectives• Participants• Conduct of the Exercise• Operational Objectives• SAR Team Distribution• Exercise Control Structure

Scope of Presentation

Exercise Objectives

• Promote professional collaboration between Asia/Pacific USAR teams

• Train SAR team managers on UN/ INSARAG Disaster Response Concept

• Practice the UNDAC team in OSOCC methodology

• Validate a standard urban SAR exercise package

Participants• Managers from Asia/Pacific USAR teams

– Australia, Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, China, Fiji, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea

– Total 14 Countries– Total Participants : 69

• UNDAC/Control– Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Papua New

Guinea, Switzerland, USA, Australia, United Kingdom, UN Office of Geneva, OCHA

– Total 11 Countries & Organisations– Total Participants : 24

• TOTAL PARTICIPANTS : 93

Conduct of the Exercise

• Phase I– Arrival of USAR teams and processing through

immigration and customs in cooperation with UN Reception Centre

• Phase II– BoO, area and site assessments by USAR teams and

development of a joint operations plan in cooperation with OSOCC and LEMA

• Phase III– Processing out of USAR teams and hand-over of

coordination structures to local authorities

Operational Objectives

• Reception/Departure Centre– set-up of a Reception Centre in cooperation with

airport authorities– process and facilitate arrival of international

USAR teams in cooperation with airport authorities

– ensure reliable information exchange between Reception Centre and OSOCC

– develop and execute an exit strategy, including an hand-over plan to airport authorities


• OSOCC and LEMA– Set-up of an OSOCC in cooperation with LEMA– Establish procedures for information exchange

and task-sharing between OSOCC and LEMA– Facilitate the development of assessment and

operations plans for the USAR operation in cooperation with international USAR teams and LEMA

– Develop and execute an exit strategy, including a hand-over plan to LEMA


• Urban SAR teams– Register arrival at the Reception Centre– Integrate into and support the coordination mechanism

of OSOCC and LEMA– Carry out BoO assessment– Assist OSOCC/LEMA with the development of an

assessment plan for the entire SAR operation– Carry out area and site assessments and assist

OSOCC/LEMA with the development of an operations plan for the entire SAR operation

– Develop and execute an exit strategy, including departure through the Departure Centre

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OSOCCMandai Training Village

Reception CentreChangi Airport

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Phase 1: SAR teams develop deployment plan, UNDAC establishes Reception Centre and OSOCC

Mandai Training Village Police Training village CDA


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Phase 2: Arrival of SAR teams and registration at Reception Centre



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Phase 3: Arrival of SAR teams at OSOCC, development of area and BoO assessment plan



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Phase 4: Area and BoO assessment of 6 SAR groups



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Phase 5: Development of operations plan and urgent site assessment in new areas upon request from LEMA



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Deaprture CentreChangi Airport



Phase 6: Announcement of end of SAR phase and development of plan for departure by SAR teams, establishment of Departure Centre



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Phase 7: Departure of SAR teams and hand-over OSOCC (to LEMA) & Departure Centre (to airport)


SAR Team Distribution

• Group A– Australia, Cambodia, India, Malaysia– facilitators: D. Perks, S. Twentyman

• Group B – Japan, Brunei, Iran, New Zealand, Korea– facilitators: M. Tamillow, U. Amiet

• Group C– Singapore, China, Nepal, Philippines, Fiji– facilitators: C. Schwager, M. Lamb

Exercise Control Structure

• Exercise Directors– R. Puniamoorthy (SCDF), A. Katoch (OCHA)

• Exercise Operations Management– T. Peter (OCHA), J. Bishop (UK)

• SAR Team facilitation– D. Perks (USA), M. Tamillow (USA), M. Lamb (USA) S. Twentyman

(Australia), C. Schwager (Switzerland) , U. Amiet (Switzerland)• Assessment Area/Site facilitation

– SAR experts from SCDF, E. Brinkley (USA)• Reception/Departure Centre facilitation

– P. Henderson (USA), T. Haines (Australia), • OSOCC facilitation

– J. Chapelin (USA), L. Angus (New Zealand)

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