Tactics, command, leadership

incident site. These are carried out by people who often, but not always, have some form of equipment to work with. It could for ...

Sprinklers and sensors Fire resistant building divisions Retaining barriers Escape routes Carrying capacity of beams and walls f ...

sary to create resources in order to prepare for the risk situation that exists. These created resources can be needed to mainta ...

The time constants of measures Different types of measures take different lengths of time to ex- ecute and they can have varying ...

the response that the decision maker is familiar with such time constants and delays. It can, however, be difficult to assign st ...

nature of the damage and the development of the situation in time and space. Note that the capacity of a resource is also depen­ ...

The rescue service in Allmänsta receives an alarm concerning a fire in a rubbish room. On arrival at the incident site the fire ...

Measures in a problem solving system The measures that are executed during a response operation are the smallest elements that c ...

Because of the insecurity, indistinctness and ambiguity that the problem solving system exists in, the experience that is gained ...

ever. Such resources have in many cases been developed through experience and on the basis of practical needs for the solution o ...

Units A term that is often used within the municipal structure for providing rescue services is unit. The term unit here refers ...

operation in proportion to the need. It becomes, quite simply, easier to assess how resources should be allocated on the grounds ...

The aspect of unit capacity then leads on to issues such as the number of measures that can be executed. In addition it can some ...

it may be necessary to reconfigure units. A unit is, then, not a permanent entity, but can be configured and defined to suit the ...

Labour legislation would then also have to be taken into account. When configuring such units, then, it is also necessary to wei ...

Tasks Units are allocated tasks and execute one or more measures. It is the units that directly affect the course of events at t ...

negative connotations and then imply some form of manipula- tion. Tactics is also referred to within the Swedish Armed Forces t ...

A BA firefighter unit is allocated a task. The allocated task can, for example, be specified as follows: The purpose is to prev ...

These include tactical problems ideal solutions, situation, coordination, material and structural basis routines skills and qui ...

ness factor to compensate for incorrectly initiated or execu- ted measures. This enables the measures, in some cases, to be reme ...