1. ERU EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNITS

2. what? standardized equipment
specialised personnel
standardized equipment
in support of local national Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC)

3. when? large emergency operations maximum 4 months
then handover to local national RC/RC

4. how? disaster request of RC/RC from affected country
International Federation (IFRC) coordination
FACT assessment
deployment of ERU’s

5. types health water & sanitation base camp basic health
rapid deployment hospital
referral hospital
water & sanitation
base camp

6. types relief (distribution of food & non food items) logistics
IT & Telecom

7. health ERU basic health care
basic & essential curative, preventive & community health care

8. health ERU rapid deployment hospital
operational within 48 hrs, during max 10 days
first aid, triage, medevac

9. health ERU referral hospital surgical & medical care
for population up to people

10. water & sanitation ERU
treatment & supply of water
basic sanitation

11. relief ERU
distribution of emergency supplies (plastic sheets, blankets, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, …)

12. logistics ERU
reception, storage & forwarding of relief items

13. IT & Telecom ERU communication in operations between ERU’s
with IFRC Geneva

14. base camp ERU
living & working space for RC staff

15. BENELUX RELIEF ERU

17. who? joint Relief ERU cooperation between Belgian RC Netherlands RC
Luxembourg RC
joint Relief ERU

18. what?
areas of cooperation
human resources
funding
equipment

19. what?
areas of cooperation
training
preparation
deployment

20. when? upon request of IFRC mixed team of 4 people max 4 months
team rotation every 4 weeks

21. human resources 80 BENELUX volunteers on the team roster
women & men of various occupation
monthly availability roster

22. training ERU induction course refresher course 1 week every 2 year
3 days

23. preliminary activities
training personnel
purchase/packing
collective equipment (modular)
personnal equipment
funding

24. deployment coordinated through BENELUX focal point selection of team
in briefing
Admin & Log support for deployment

25. field activities
assessment of needs & beneficiaries

26. field activities
registration of beneficiaries

27. field activities
distribution of relief goods

28. field activities reporting distribution statistics to Geneva
team working to BENELUX focal point

29. field activities coordination with other ERU’s
humanitarian organisations

30. field activities cooperation with local RC/RC
operations through local RC/RC
integration of local volunteers in ERU team

31. field activities cooperation with local RC/RC
capacity building of local RC/RC
handover equipment at end of deployment to local RC/RC

32. BENELUX ERU deployments
MOZAMBIQUE 2007
MADAGASCAR 2007
PERU 2007
HAITI 2008
BURKINA FASO 2009

33. BENELUX ERU deployments
HAITI 2010
PAKISTAN 2010
TUNISIA 2011
CHAD 2011

34. MOZAMBIQUE 2007

35. MOZAMBIQUE 2007

36. MOZAMBIQUE 2007

37. HAITI 2010

38. HAITI 2010

39. HAITI 2010

40. HAITI 2010

41. HAITI 2010

42. PAKISTAN 2010

43. PAKISTAN 2010

44. PAKISTAN 2010

45. PAKISTAN 2010

46. PAKISTAN 2010

47. TUNISIA 2011

48. TUNISIA 2011

49. TUNISIA 2011

50. CHAD 2011

51. CHAD 2011

52. CHAD 2011