Tactics, command, leadership

organisational rules and norms. Moreover, one must be aware that stress will affect all individuals who in various ways are in- ...

decision­making is similar, but an expert in a certain field is nor- mally better equipped to utilise correct or relevant inform ...

Individuals belong to various types of groups and participate in various group processes. The group processes deal with relation ...

involves taking consideration to a large number of factors and parameters. It is not always easy to satisfy society’s needs for ...

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2. The problem An automatic fire alarm goes off at the Market Hall, Lilla Tvärgatan 9. It is 05.01 and the lights are switched o ...

while in Närby and Fjärrby there are only part time personnel. Petersson is the fire chief and has held this position for severa ...

this, since both 101 and 103 drove down Lilla Tvärgatan. The paint section adjoins the ironmongery and gardening sections.^5 Pum ...

28 wooden ventilation shafts left, one of which, via a connection in the ceiling of the office floor above the shop water & ...

Olsson reaches agreement with Andersson and Johansson to coordinate an effort from their respective sectors with the aim of exti ...

space above the paint section, and it looks as though there is smoke coming from the attic also.’ ‘Yes I know,’^18 says Olsson. ...

in Fjärrby.^20 But we don’t know how serious it is yet. We have to try to limit the fire to the department store. It must not be ...

not the whole unit,’ groans Andersson in dispair.^23 A new problem arises – information. Employees from the premises are arrivin ...

(^25) The inbuilt safeguards in buildings and installations may very often be the deciding factor for the result of a response o ...

3. Emergency response operations with the focus on the need of assistance Emergency response operation is the term normally used ...

operations, in accordance with the Swedish Civil Protection Act (2003:778), that municipalities are responsible for conducting i ...

Slowly progressing or continual chains of events are thus not con- sidered as emergencies unless an incident occurs suddenly or ...

Emergency rescue operations are often conducted in dynamic environments, i.e. environments that in various ways are time­de- pen ...

made and measures taken based on the circumstances that exist at the pertinent incident site. Making decisions or taking measu- ...

There are fires in two areas of a forest. The long distance between them means that they have no physical effect on one another, ...