Purpose: The SOPs are developed by Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) in accordance with its Strategy 2003-2010 and aim to be used as guidance and standard operating procedures for disaster preparedness and emergency response of the CRC in Head quarter, Branches and Community levels in a more systematic way in order to attain the improvement in its humanitarian services to vulnerable people who are affected by disaster.

Overview:  The document is part of the package of documents including “The Principles and basic Rules of Cambodian Red Cross in Disaster relief”; “Disaster Preparedness Policy”; “Emergency Response Policy”;”Standard Operating procedures for Cambodian Red Cross Disaster Response Team”. It outlines 7 main parts:

• Background and concepts
• Human Resources
• Deployment
• Coordination and Management Lines
• Appeal and Operational Reporting
• Operational Finance and Accounting
• Phase out

Usage: Guidance for project implementation

Audience: Technical staff, Volunteers

For legal tool package, click here Legal Tools for Disaster Response and Preparedness for more details

For other legal tools, click here  click here “Guidelines for Emergency Response (2007)”;”The Principles and basic Rules“; “Memorandum of Understanding between the National Committee for Disaster Management and Cambodian Red Cross (2007)“