The HC appoints a team of emergency specialists to perform a multi-cluster initial rapid assessment (MIRA) during the first weeks of a crisis.
[1] Recommended criteria for the reports include descriptions of the general situation of the population, the geographic spread of the disaster, the current state of health problems and infrastructure, and data on the abundance and quality of food, water, shelter, safety, education, and coordination.
[4] This information is gathered through traditional surveys, call detail records, and migration models using mobile phone usage patterns.
These types of technologies have been fairly effective since they are able to collect data offline and then upload information once they reach an area of active WIFI during a humanitarian crisis.
This has led to a larger and more detailed body of data that help humanitarian relief managers “fine-tune interventions and prioritize resources on the basis of a bird's eye view of the operation.”[5] Through these improvements in assessment tools within the MIRA process, the HC is more capable of effectively submitting recommendations to the ERC concerning which cluster groups of aid organizations should be recruited to provide resources and assist victims.