Tactics, command, leadership

of the incident on which the dimensioning is based. It is therefore

important to obtain an estimation of the duration of the response

operation or operations and the time required to apply the correct

measures and obtain the required effect from them. If this is not

done there is a risk of the response operation quickly taking on a

parrying character. In addition it is necessary to bear in mind that

higher levels must overview a longer time perspective and greater

space than lower levels. Decisions that are made and the aims that

are established at higher levels set the limits for lower levels, with

respect to both time and space. Decision makers, then, at different

levels work on different time scales.

Resource growth and completion of operations

Here will shall consider the aspect, resource growth. An emergency

response operation must provide resources of both the quantity

and quality required to execute the work and achieve the desired

result. The command organisation should therefore also be struc-

tured in such a way as to cope with the strengthening of resources,

with regard to both the course of events at the incident site and

the additional resources. The effect on the other levels within the

organisation should also be taken into account. In the same way,

for example, emergency preparedness in the municipality must

be provided with a capability that minimally meets the require-

ments of the current threat situation. In addition, one should bear

in mind that the threat situation changes continually and that this

can place other demands on sustainability of the municipal emer-

gency preparedness. The threat situation neither begins nor ends; it

is always present, continually forming the basis for new decisions.

An organisation is not formed instantaneously, even if its struc-

ture has been planned in advance. This applies primarily to the ini-

Much space Little space

Much time Little time

The longer the period of
time that can, should
or shall be managed,
the greater also
becomes the space
requiring command.