IHP Modules

ICT Module

Purpose: to provide information and communications technology support to a standard UNDAC, or equivalent, emergency response team of 5-6 people, operating in a location where the basic infrastructure is intact.

Service: The module enables the team to establish basic communications, provides internet access and allows team members to operate simultaneously in different locations. The module can also be utilized for establishment of a Reception Centre in situations with large-scale urban search and rescue (USAR) operations. Staff: The module is accompanied by 2 staff members who set-up the equipment, ensure its maintenance and provide general logistical and operational support.

Supplementary Element

UN Minimal Operational Security Standards (MOSS)

Purpose: in emergencies where the security situation demands UN MOSS compliancy, the ICT module can be supplemented to ensure that all staff members meet minimum safety standards.

Service: The module is adapted to each UN security phase (I-IV) and is prepared on a case-by-case basis. It consists of VHF radios, base stations, GPSs, satellite phones, and can be further supplemented with personal protective equipment if required.

OSOCC

Purpose: to provide a tented office and equipment for the setup and management of an On-Site.
Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC) with up to eight workstations.

Service: The module provides high-speed internet access, wireless LAN, laser printer and
photocopier facilities. Other support equipment includes a tent, tables, etc.

Staff: The module is deployed with two support personnel and if required can be supplemented with the Operational Support Staff module.

Supplementary Element

Operational Support Staff

Purpose: to provide basic staff functions within an OSOCC, in particularly an Operations Cell.

Services: The operational support staff can perform duties such as keeping information display updated, prepare operational plans briefings, organize internal information sharing, prepare hand-out material (maps, reports, briefings etc.), support the OSOCC reception desk, assist with logistical planning, coordinate with external resource providers and manage the OSOCC log.

Staff: two operational support staff members, who have received specialized training in staff management, who will be deployed with their own operational equipment to facilitate their work in the OSOCC.

Humanitarian Information Center

Purpose: to supplement an OSOCC module with the necessary equipment to establish and operate a Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC). Staff: OCHA’s Field Information Section generally provides the information management experts to staff the module but accompanying support staff can also be deployed if required.

Light Base Camp

Purpose: to supplement an OSOCC module which is deployed to an area with insufficient infrastructure Service: basic accommodation and office facilities for up to 20 persons (including support personnel), including equipment for sleeping, preparing food and handling basic hygiene for a period of up to 4 weeks.

Note: The Light Camp module is not to be confused with the Base Camp module that provides a much higher standard of support in longer term operations.

Basecamp

Purpose: to provide full catering, accommodation and hygiene support for use in areas without adequate facilities, to enable humanitarian workers to carry out their activities.

Service: The Base Camp is a field accommodation unit, providing sleeping areas with personal privacy, food (three healthy and balanced meals per day, water and gender-separated sanitary equipment (toilets and showers) as well as basic welfare for camp residents. Office facilities, ICT-support, external transport and other services are additional and can be provided on request. Users of camp facilities are assumed to be self-sufficient in terms of personal equipment such as hygiene articles, clothes, etc.

Staff: The Base Camp and its support staff are self-sustaining in food and water for an initial period of 14 days, where after re-supply depends on local resources. All elements are provided exclusively for the running of the camp, and not for local inhabitants or external organisations unless otherwise agreed.

Environmental

Purpose: to provide environmental experts a field based capacity to identify and analyze the types and concentration of any hazardous materials that could be present in air, water, bio and soil/sediments following a natural or man-made disaster.

Service: Where the hazardous material is roughly known in advance, specialized or targeted measuring and analytic equipment can be deployed.

Staff: In large-scale environmental emergencies, a complete Hazardous Material team can be deployed with decontamination equipment and operate independently in the field.

Vehicle Support

Purpose: Vehicle support can be requested through the IHP partnership. Although not considered a module, all vehicles meet agreed IHP minimum standards as a means of quality assurance and to meet client expectations.

Services: IHP can provide 4x4 vehicles that can be supplemented to meet UN MOSS compliancy, as well as a minibus for personnel transport. All vehicles are equipped with full communications equipment with VHF, HF, and GPS handheld receivers (Satellite phone is not mounted in the vehicle, but can be provided as part of the personal equipment) as well as a basic maintenance kit. The vehicles are diesel driven and have been modified to include additional components such as a split charging system. The vehicles are provided without drivers.