Tactics, command, leadership

one’s conduct on checklists and templates. Checklists indicate for us in a structured manner, more or less exactly, what should ...

scenario, a decision maker can miss the opportunity to make a decision that is more correct or relevant in the particular con- t ...

must also be able to manage in detail. An example can be when the person in charge has detailed knowledge of a certain aspect or ...

7. Time and space The aspects of time and space are fundamental to emergency response operations. They need to be taken into acc ...

of time the decision maker exists in, at this level, can be long and the space extensive, the time it takes to receive, for exam ...

Let us take, for example, a fire in a warehouse containing chemi- cals; it is of primary interest to conduct a technical analysi ...

Since the world is in a constant state of change, space cannot be considered as a static condition where everything is standing ...

events, the decision is taken not to pump out individual houses as the resources required for this should to used to maintain so ...

Dynamics Emergency response operations are executed, naturally, in time and space. They start at a particular point in time and ...

understanding of the situation is continually changing. Note that the understanding of a situation is not always the same as the ...

against action aimed at a future situation with regard to the total solution for the whole incident site. This problem can be di ...

building, it can then be too late to implement certain actions. The- refore on the basis of indications and previous experience ...

Time is a more abstract concept than space. Space can be investi- gated and experienced through sight, feel and body. Experienci ...

in relation to what will happen later. As a commander it is es- pecially important to be able to envisage the effect of decision ...

cessful or even on their failure. In the same way it is possible that the result of one response operation can result in another ...

A response operation is a goal oriented operation which is made up of a number of measures. These must normally be executed in a ...

In an extensive district fire, the individual BA firefighters must be relieved. This can be done ‘at the nozzle’, i.e. the repla ...

Restrictions in time and space In a given situation both time and space, separately or together, can place restrictions. Appropr ...

Capacity restrictions are the limitations of an individual on the grounds of physical constitution, i.e. that a person cannot ph ...

simultaneously in parallel or consecutively in series are called a tactical pattern. Coordination requires that individuals and ...