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IEC/R Checklist Overview

⬇ Download the IEC/R Checklist

The IEC/R checklist clearly specifies the different requirements depending on the category of the team, including a column with the specific requirements for each of them (Light, Medium and Heavy).

Colour Coding​

For better visualisation and awareness of the teams’ IEC/R exercise results, the colour coding is an important instrument

  • Greenwill indicate that a team is above the INSARAG minimum standards for USAR Operations.
  • Yellow will indicate that a team has met the INSARAG minimum standards for USAR Operations.
    • Items coded Yellow will indicate recommended measures that a team can improve its administrative, training, and equipment processes and procedures.
  • Red will indicate that a team did not meet the INSARAG minimum standards for USAR Operations:
    • Items coded Red will indicate where a team must improve its administrative, training, and equipment processes and procedures.
    • If this is an IEC, the team will not be classified and the below applies:
    • If this is an IER, the teams’ current classification level is suspended and the below applies:
    • The role and responsibility of the mentor and National Operations Focal Point continue if a team receives a Red during a classification or reclassification
    • A Corrective Action Plan that includes actions that will be taken to raise the Red to Yellow must be submitted to the INSARAG Secretariat and IER classifier team leader for consideration within 30-days of the end of the IER.
    • The team will have 180-days to implement its Corrective Action Plan.
    • The mentor and INSARAG Operations Focal Point will submit a report to the INSARAG Secretariat and IEC/R classifier team leader documenting how improvements were made.
    • If the INSARAG Secretariat and IEC/R classifier team leader agree that cited improvements now meet the INSARAG minimum standards for USAR Operations, the team will be considered as classified or reclassified.
    • If the INSARAG Secretariat and IEC/R classifier team leader are not satisfied that the INSARAG minimum standards for USAR Operations has been met, the team will not be classified or reclassified.