The Standing Patrol for Emergency Assessment & Response (SPEAR) for
emergency management
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...
, is an advisory unit activated for the purpose of rapidly providing relief authorities an estimate of the situation in disaster-affected areas. The Project was launched as a concept proposal by the Conceptium Group in 2004, an initiative taken by its founder,
Stefan Templeton R. Stefan Templeton (born July 15, 1967) is the founder of the SPEAR Project (Standing Patrol for Emergency Assessment and Response).
Of American and Norwegian descent, he is the grandson of the civil rights leader Dr. Furman L. Templeton. A ling ...
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[Washington Post article - Jan. 23, 200]
Man with a Mission
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Teams that are trained and equipped for deep-field relief operations in conflict and/or disaster-affected areas are inserted to conduct rapid assessment and administer emergency aid. SPEAR teams support command and control with an information clearing house in three areas: hazard assessment, situational mapping, and communications from the field. SPEAR officers are assessment professionals who are trained in the sectoral needs of disaster-affected populations and maintain a state of readiness for immediate deployment to disaster-affected areas world-wide.
The goal of the SPEAR Project is the reduction of deaths and human suffering and the object is the improvement of the coordination of humanitarian actions and to allocate resources and labor in the most efficient way to relieve disaster situations as quickly as possible.
See also
* Disaster Assistance Response Team
The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) (French: ''Équipe d'intervention en cas de catastrophe (EICC)'') is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DA ...
* Stefan Templeton R. Stefan Templeton (born July 15, 1967) is the founder of the SPEAR Project (Standing Patrol for Emergency Assessment and Response).
Of American and Norwegian descent, he is the grandson of the civil rights leader Dr. Furman L. Templeton. A ling ...
References
External links
ELISA
- Equipe Légere d'Intervention de Secours Aéroportée
Sudan Arc Seminar
- SPEAR field report on Abyei Survey
SPEAR Project
- Standing Patrol for Emergency Assessment and Response
- Washington Post article
Abandoning Abyei
- Human Rights Watch
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