Pakistan earthquake relief operation

1. co-ordination of donations from NATO and partner countries through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Relief Co-ordination Centre (EADRCC) in Brussels;
2. the air bridge from Turkey and Germany for the transport of relief goods to Pakistan;
3. five helicopters operating in the earthquake-affected area for the transport of supplies to remote mountain villages and evacuation of victims;
4. medical support with a field hospital and mobile medical teams in the area of Bagh;
5. engineer support operating in the area around Bagh in support of Pakistani efforts for the reparation of roads; and building of shelters, schools and medical facilities.

The NATO Land Component in Pakistan was led by the Spanish and headquartered in Arja and included:

• A headquarters element in Arja;
• Two light engineer units in the Bagh district (one Spanish and one Polish);
• An Italian engineer unit with heavy construction equipment;
• A unit of British engineers specialized in high-altitude relief work;
• A multi-national team of medics operating the NATO field hospital, including staff for inpatient and outpatient care, as well as mobile medical teams in the area of Bagh — led by the Dutch Army and including Czech, French, Portuguese and British personnel;
• Four Water Purification teams (one Spanish, three Lithuanian);
• Two civil-military cooperation teams from Slovenia and France.

The NATO Air Component in Pakistan came from the French Air Defence and Operation Command and included:

• A German helicopter detachment;
• A Luxembourg rescue helicopter;
• A French ground handling team;
• A fuel farm operated by a French unit at Abbottabad.

The NATO HQ in Pakistan was comprised of personnel from NATO's Joint Force Command Lisbon, augmented by staff from NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).

In total some 1,000 NATO engineers and supporting staff, as well as 200 medical personnel, worked in Pakistan during the operation.