Slide 2 ERU EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNITS Slide 3 specialised
personnel standardized equipment in support of local national Red
Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) what? Slide 4 large emergency operations
maximum 4 months then handover to local national RC/RC when? Slide
5 how? disaster request of RC/RC from affected country
International Federation (IFRC) coordination FACT assessment
deployment of ERUs Slide 6 health basic health rapid deployment
hospital referral hospital water & sanitation base camp types
Slide 7 relief (distribution of food & non food items)
logistics IT & Telecom types Slide 8 basic & essential
curative, preventive & community health care health ERU basic
health care Slide 9 operational within 48 hrs, during max 10 days
first aid, triage, medevac health ERU rapid deployment hospital
Slide 10 surgical & medical care for population up to 250000
people health ERU referral hospital Slide 11 treatment & supply
of water basic sanitation water & sanitation ERU Slide 12
distribution of emergency supplies (plastic sheets, blankets,
hygiene kits, kitchen sets, ) relief ERU Slide 13 reception,
storage & forwarding of relief items logistics ERU Slide 14
communication in operations between ERUs with IFRC Geneva IT &
Telecom ERU Slide 15 base camp ERU living & working space for
RC staff Slide 16 BENELUX RELIEF ERU Slide 17 Slide 18 cooperation
between Belgian RC Netherlands RC Luxembourg RC joint Relief ERU
who? Slide 19 areas of cooperation human resources funding
equipment what? Slide 20 areas of cooperation training preparation
deployment what? Slide 21 upon request of IFRC mixed team of 4
people max 4 months team rotation every 4 weeks when? Slide 22 80
BENELUX volunteers on the team roster women & men of various
occupation monthly availability roster human resources Slide 23 ERU
induction course 1 week every 2 year refresher course 3 days every
2 year training Slide 24 training personnel purchase/packing
collective equipment (modular) personnal equipment funding
preliminary activities Slide 25 coordinated through BENELUX focal
point selection of team in briefing Admin & Log support for
deployment deployment Slide 26 assessment of needs &
beneficiaries field activities Slide 27 registration of
beneficiaries field activities Slide 28 distribution of relief
goods field activities Slide 29 reporting distribution statistics
to Geneva team working to BENELUX focal point field activities
Slide 30 coordination with other ERUs humanitarian organisations
field activities Slide 31 cooperation with local RC/RC operations
through local RC/RC integration of local volunteers in ERU team
field activities Slide 32 cooperation with local RC/RC capacity
building of local RC/RC handover equipment at end of deployment to
local RC/RC field activities Slide 33 MOZAMBIQUE 2007 MADAGASCAR
2007 PERU 2007 HAITI 2008 BURKINA FASO 2009 BENELUX ERU deployments
Slide 34 HAITI 2010 PAKISTAN 2010 TUNISIA 2011 CHAD 2011 BENELUX
ERU deployments Slide 35 MOZAMBIQUE 2007 Slide 36 Slide 37 Slide 38
HAITI 2010 Slide 39 Slide 40 Slide 41 Slide 42 Slide 43 PAKISTAN
2010 Slide 44 Slide 45 Slide 46 Slide 47 Slide 48 TUNISIA 2011
Slide 49 Slide 50 Slide 51 CHAD 2011 Slide 52 Slide 53 Slide 54
