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Emergency response unit (ERU)
A team of trained technical specialists, ready to be deployed at short notice, which uses pre-packed sets of standardized equipment. ERUs are present at different scales and often have different capabilities.
Glossary Source
IFRCC
(
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 2019
)
https://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/responding/disaster-response-system/dr-tools-and-systems/eru/