In developing this third revision of version 4.0 of the Field Operations Guide
for Disaster Assessment and Response, the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) of the United States Agency of International Development
(USAID) has drawn on the expertise of numerous state, national, and
international agencies and organizations. Selected sources of information
include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Handbook for
Emergencies, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs' United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Field Handbook, and
the U.S. Public Health Service's Handbook of Environmental Health, among others.
The Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response has been created
as a