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ECU-10

Ecuador

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Directory of International SAR Teams
Please return the updated questionnaire to the INSARAG Secretariat: insarag@un.org.
1. Team Information
1.1 Team name:	MEDIUM USAR – ECU 01
Team name acronym (if exists):	ECU-01
Country:	Ecuador
Team type (delete non-applicable):	X [Governmental] [NGO] [Volunteers]
INSARAG External Classification (IEC): (indicate the details if classified)	[Classified] [Not Classified]
Year of last IEC (IER)
National Classification	Light Medium X Heavy No classification
Year of Creation:	2017
Recognition:
Website:	http://www.bomberosquito.gob.ec
2. Team Capacity according to INSARAG Guidelines
2.1 Number of persons (can be a range e.g. 80-100):	42
INSARAG Guidelines trained	X Yes No
Self sufficiency (tick applicable):	X Yes No
Search component (tick applicable):	X Yes No
Rescue component (tick applicable):	X Yes No
Medical component (tick applicable):	X Yes No
Trained according to INSARAG Guidelines (tick applicable):	X Yes No
Capacity to strengthen an OSOCC or Reception Centre with liaison persons (tick applicable):	X Yes No
3. Contact Information:
National INSARAG Policy Focal Point (contact 1):	Name: Jorge CARILLO TUTIVEN Function: Ministro Organization: Secretaria Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos Address: Edificio Centro Integrado de Seguridad km 0.5 vía Puntilla – Samborondon Telephone: +59342593500 e-mail: secretario.riesgos@gestionderiesgos.gob.ec
National INSARAG Operations Focal Point (contact 2):	Name: MASSAY Zaira Function: Operacional director Organization: Secretaria Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos Address: Edificio Centro Integrado de Seguridad km 0.5 vía Puntilla – Samborondon

USAR Team Contact Information
Telephone
e-mail	director.operaciones@gestionderiesgos.gob.ec
USAR Team Focal Point (if different from above)
Name	Gabriel Alejandro RODRIGUEZ RACINES
Function	Capitán de Bomberos
Organization	Cuerpo de Bomberos del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito
Address	Veintimilla y Reina Victoria – Quito
Telephone	+593 23 953 700 or +593 995 015 040
Fax
e-mail	grodriguez@bomberosquito.gob.ec
Please add additional contact persons below.
4. Team Structure
Please provide information regarding the team structure.
5. Operations
Please list the international operations that the team responded.

Emergency (country, type, date) (e.g. Turkey, earthquake – Aug 1999)	Number of Personnel	Duration of Deployment (e.g. 7 days)	Comment (e.g. 3 live rescues, setup of Sub-OSOCC, joint deployment with country x)
Eartquake Haiti	15	12	Search, victim extrication and stabilization, body recovery.
Eartquake Manabí	50	10	Search, victim extrication and stabilization, body recovery.
Eartquake Mexico	19	8	Technological Search y Shoring