The CARE Emergency Pocketbook is designed to provide practical guidelines and tools for staff who are responding to emergencies. It provides a step-by-step guide for what to do when an emergency first hits. It also contains CARE’s most important emergency management protocols, plus summary guidelines and tools for emergency programs and operations. The tools and formats section includes the most critical formats and checklists, such as alert and sitrep forms, assessment checklists, and many others. All CARE managers and staff working in emergencies should use the pocketbook as a quick, practical guide so that our responses are as effective as possible and meet internationally agreed standards.