Category: General

White tent with hanging life jackets and equipment boxes in the centre
9 May 2017

Operational base conserves scarce resources in the disaster area

It is not only I.S.A.R. Germany's capacity to rescue people and provide medical care in global disaster operations that is currently being tested in a major exercise in Switzerland. The examiners commissioned by the UN are also interested in the ability to set up a self-sufficient base of operations at the deployment site that does not place an additional burden on the scarce resources of the locals. Within a few... Read more: Article from 09.05.2017
Rescue workers with green tripod system work on concrete ruins, rubble field
9 May 2017

I.S.A.R. specialists build ropeway for rescuing people

The buried victim had to lie in the "Casino" hotel for many hours before the I.S.A.R. Germany rescue team worked their way to him with heavy equipment and were able to rescue him from the ten-metre-high hotel using a drag basket stretcher on a rope hoist. For deputy team leader Michael Lesmeister and his team, who had already started the rescue on Monday evening, the... Read more: Article from 09.05.2017
Three rescue workers work at night with equipment, headlamps on
9 May 2017

Tricky night mission for I.S.A.R.

As part of the major Achilles exercise in the south-western tip of Switzerland, which has been running since Sunday, the aid organisation I.S.A.R. Germany had to master a particularly tricky night mission from Monday to Tuesday. Under the ever-watchful gaze of an international group of inspectors, the aim was once again to be recognised by the UN as suitable for the next five years. Read more: Article from 09.05.2017
Rescue worker in red and yellow uniform climbs out of grey helicopter onto meadow
8 May 2017

I.S.A.R. advance team arrives in the earthquake exercise area

Destroyed houses, broken power lines and an angry mob in the centre of the village - it was a confusing situation for our advance team when they landed with a Swiss Army helicopter in Epeisses, Switzerland, at around 11 a.m. on Monday afternoon. Since midday on Sunday, 50 experts from I.S.A.R. Germany have been on the move to put their skills to the test during the large-scale Achilles exercise in... Read more: Article from 08.05.2017
I.S.A.R. Germany undergoes operational testing by the United Nations.
7 May 2017

I.S.A.R. Germany undergoes operational testing by the United Nations.

The international Achilles civil defence exercise began on Sunday for the I.S.A.R. Germany with the gathering of dozens of salvagers, dog handlers and medical rescue teams in Hünxe on the Lower Rhine. The large-scale exercise in Switzerland also serves as a test for the I.S.A.R.'s recertification by the UN. Before the team set off for Switzerland in buses and vans in the late afternoon, the... Read more: Article from 07.05.2017