10 International Disaster Essentials: Important Considerations for Responders

Here are over 100 tips (over about 10 different headings) to give you important ways you can prepare for disaster deployments. Some of these may seem basic – but they are important, time tested and born from common staples and standards that we use. Written by Gary Foo is a former Police Officer, a Paramedic, an NFPA compliant Rescue Technician in several disciplines and International Disaster Response Specialist. He is also a published author. He is a United Nations Coordinator and Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response Advisor as well many global deployments with the United Nations recognised INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group) Disaster Response team “ERT Search and Rescue.”