Disaster Field Guide¶

Rotary Club Guide — Autonomous Disaster Response

The reference wiki for the Rotary Club guide to autonomous disaster response.

When a disaster strikes, the first responders are never the ones who arrive later — they are the people already there. This guide turns a Rotary club into one of those first responders: prepared, autonomous, and able to act in the first hours with its own means, before the network of district, foundation and international support is activated.

Work-in-progress edition

This book is still being written. Its content is subject to change from one edition to the next. Several language versions coexist at different stages of completion — the version you read may not be the most recent one. This site always hosts the latest edition in every language.

Read it online¶

The full guide is available chapter by chapter in the The Guide section — searchable, with checklists, disaster cards and operational forms.

Download the PDF¶

Prefer a printable file to take into the field? Every language version is available for free download on the Download page.

What this is — and isn't¶

This document is shared with the Rotary community in a spirit of continuous improvement. It does not commit Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation, or any of the cited Rotary Action Groups. Official figures (DRG ceiling, SHARE ratios, Global Grant amounts, etc.) may evolve — always verify on my.rotary.org before acting.

The disaster cards and operational forms are released under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 licence: free to reproduce, photocopy, distribute and adapt within a club, district, Rotary Action Group, or associated humanitarian operation.

Your feedback shapes the next edition. Spotted a factual error, a procedural inaccuracy, a divergence from official doctrine? Write to g.bourgogne.rtn@gmail.com.