Before you read — work-in-progress edition

This book is still being written. Its content is subject to change from one edition to the next.

It has been designed, written and structured as a doctrinal and operational framework for Rotary clubs, but it has not yet undergone large-scale field review, nor has it been validated by national or international Rotary bodies. Chapters, procedures and figures may be corrected, expanded or reorganised in later versions.

Several versions of this book coexist — French, English, and more languages to come — at different stages of completion. The version you are reading may not be the most recent one.

To make sure you have the latest edition, and to download up-to-date versions in every language for free, visit the project's reference website (see below).

Your feedback is valuable. Any remark — factual error, procedural inaccuracy, divergence from official Rotary doctrine, suggestion for improvement, field-experience report — will be read carefully and integrated into future editions.

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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 (Part VI) and the operational forms (Appendix A) are released under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 licence: free to reproduce, photocopy, distribute and adapt within a Rotary club, a district, a Rotary Action Group, or any associated humanitarian operation.

Every version of the book — in all languages, in its most recent edition — is available for free download and online reading at: disasterfieldguide.org

Thank you in advance for your critical reading.