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Country: The country (or countries) in which the disaster occurs or has an impact. The name of the country in which the disaster occurs is entered, with the name and spelling being taken from standard list of country names published by the International Standards Organization (ISO).

Recording procedure: For each country affected, a new « country sheet » entry is used relating to the same event (unique Disaster Number). This allows access to complete data for each country but also for the overall human and economic impact of the event.

ISO Code: The International Organization for Standardization attributes a 3-letter code to each country. CRED uses the ISO 3166. This field is automatically linked to the country.

Region: The region to which the country belongs. This field is automatically linked to the country.

Continent: The continent to which the country belongs. This field is automatically linked to the country.

Origin: The origin of the disaster. Example: Heavy rains for a flood, drought for a forest fire.

Associated disasters 1 and 2: The secondary effect or consequence of a primary event. Exemple: Landslide for a flood, tsunami for an earthquake, surge for a windstorm.

Disaster magnitude scale and value: Automatically linked to the disaster type or sub-type:

• Earthquake: Richter Scale.
• Flood: Km2 (area covered).
• Drought : Km2 (area covered).
• Insect Infestation: Km2 (area covered).
• Extreme Temperature: °C (minimum or maximum value).
• Epidemic: Number of Vaccinated.
• Wild fire: Km2 (area covered).
• Storm: kph (speed of wind).
• Radiation: curies.
• Chemical spill: m3.

River basin: Name of rivers of the affected area (used in the case of floods).

Start month/day/year: The date when the disaster occurred. This date is well defined for all sudden-impact disasters. For disaster situations developing gradually over a longer time period (e.g . droughts) with no onset date, the field « day » can be left blank.

End month/day/year: The date when the disaster ended. This date is well defined for all sudden-impact disasters. For disaster situations ending over a longer time period (e.g . droughts) with no definite concluding date, the field « day » can be left blank.

Latitude: North-South coordinates, when available, for earthquakes, volcanoes and floods.

Longitude: East-West coordinates, when available, for earthquakes, volcanoes and floods.

Local time: The local time when the disaster occurred (given for specific disaster types like earthquakes, and volcanoes).

Aid contribution: The total amount (in 000'US$) of contributions for immediate relief activities given to the country as a response to the disaster (using the Financial Tracking System of OCHA from 1992 onwards).

OFDA response: Whether or not OFDA responded to the disaster.

EU response: Whether or not the EU or EU member states responded to the disaster.

Appeal for international assistance: Was there any request for an international assistance from the affected country(ies).

Declaration of disaster: Was there a state of emergency declared in the country(ies).

Location: Geographical specification (e.g. name of a city, village, department, province, state, district). This allows for the subsequent analysis of disaster occurrence and impact by region, district or any other sub-national administrative boundary.