Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response; Version 4.0

Washington DC: U. S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, 2005. Presumed First printing this version. Bound with two screw pins at the top. Stiff plastic covers. Very good. Format is approximately 4 inches by 7.5 inches. Ink notation on top edge. Various paginations, approximately 1.5 inches of materials plus covers. Tables and illustrations. Plastic measurement insert in rear pocket. This was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Programs Disaster Assistance Support Program. Content include on inside of front and rear covers. Includes Introduction and Policy Guidelines. Also includes General Responsibilities and Information; Assessments; Information on Populations at Risk; Disaster Assistance Response Team; Commonly Used Acronyms and Terms; Appendix A: Field situation Reporting Format; Appendix B: OFDA Stockpile Commodities and DART Support Equipment; Appendix C: Aircraft Use and Capability and Ocean and Overland Transport; Appendix D: Dart Communications; Appendix E: Location Referencing and Mapping Resources; Appendix f: Working with the Military in the Field; Appendix G: Chemical Biological, Radiation, Nuclear, or Explosive Hazards; and Appendix H: Monitoring and Evaluation. This Guide represents the state-of-the-art, the state of knowledge, and the state of practice during the first decade of the Twenty-First Century. This Field Operations Guide (FOG) for Disaster Assessment and Response has been developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) as a reference tool for individuals sent to disaster sites to undertake initial assessments or to participate as members of an OFDA Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). The FOG contains information on general responsibilities for disaster responders, formats and reference material for assessing and reporting on populations at risk, DART position descriptions and duty checklists, descriptions of OFDA stockpile commodities, general information related to disaster activities, information on working with the military in the field, and a glossary of acronyms and terms used by OFDA and other organizations with which OFDA works. In developing the FOG, OFDA has drawn on many sources for information, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies; the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Field Handbook; the World Health Organization booklet, New Emergency Health Kit; the United Nations Children's Fund handbook, Assisting in Emergencies; the U.S. State Department, Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration Assessment Manual for Refugee Emergencies; the U.S. Public Health Service Handbook of Environmental Health; the American Public Health Association Control of Communicable Diseases Manual; the Sphere Project; reference materials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Wisconsin's Disaster Management Center, the American Red Cross, and InterWorks; USAID policies and directives; information from the Office of Food for Peace, Office of Transition Initiatives, and the U.N. World Food Program; and OFDA procedures, records, and staff expertise. The FOG's size and format are modeled on the National Wildfire Coordinating Group's Fireline Handbook, which is used by wildland firefighters throughout the United States.