Category: Mission reports

Doctor examines little girl in her mother's arms during medical assistance.
2 January 2022

I.S.A.R. looks back on an eventful year

I.S.A.R. Germany looks back on a challenging 2021 with two major assignments. In July, our experts were out and about in the Ahr valley. While some of the I.S.A.R. rescue dogs supported the search for missing persons together with service dogs from the local police, our rescue team was active in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Using heavy equipment and a lot of manual labour, they rescued... Read more: Article from 02.01.2022
ISAR Germany at HNPW in Geneva
14 February 2019

ISAR Germany at HNPW in Geneva

Last week, we took part in the "Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week" (HNPW) in Geneva. Together with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), we presented our drone project. Dr Steven Bayer explained the possibilities of using the data obtained during drone flights for worldwide operations in disaster situations. These are particularly useful for... Read more: Article from 14.02.2019
People standing around green medical container, person in yellow shirt in the centre
12. October 2018

Water treatment for earthquake victims handed over

On Thursday, German aid workers in Indonesia handed over water treatment and power generation systems for the earthquake victims to local users. I.S.A.R. Germany and its cooperation partner BRH Bundesverband Rettungshunde also donated three large tents, two generators, 140 canisters, benches, tables and food to the residents of a tent camp for tsunami victims and the neighbouring community of Sigi on the island of Sulawesi. <trp-gettext... Read more: Article from 12.10.2018
Man with glasses and cap holds blue tube in light-coloured tent
8. October 2018

Drinking water treatment plant put into operation

On Monday evening, German aid organisations began treating drinking water for earthquake victims on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. From their base camp in the disaster area, I.S.A.R. Germany and its cooperation partner BRH Bundesverband Rettungshunde are supplying clean water and electricity to a residential area and a neighbouring tent camp where people who died in the severe quake and a subsequent earthquake were accommodated.... Read more: Article from 08.10.2018