Overview
Sudden-onset emergencies are normally caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis. In the event of a sudden-onset emergency, current guidance calls for CODs to be shared within 48 hours.[1] This provides a brief period to check the CODs that cover the affected area and correct any errors. If the CODs have been kept up-to-date through preparedness, these changes will be minimal. If preparedness has not been done well, however, the CODs may require a lot of work. This guidance will walk you through a simplified version of the COD cycle so that a ‘best available’ version of the CODs can be shared within the 48 hour window.
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1. At this writing the most recent (2010) official guidance for sudden-onset emergencies is the IASC Guidelines - Common Operational Datasets (CODs) in - Disaster Preparedness and Response which specifies 48 hours.
More to come: INFORM is doing work on rapid analysis and will be able to provide more details about this.