Tactics, command, leadership

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These include


  • tactical problems

  • ideal solutions,

  • situation,

  • coordination,

  • material and structural basis

  • routines

  • skills and quiet knowledge,

  • regulations and manuals, and

  • education and training.


When, for example, the resources at an incident site are used, ini-
tiated, coordinated and executed, different kinds of measures are
executed. There are significant connections between, on the one
hand, the fire brigade crew and the measures that are initiated,
coordinated and executed and on the other hand the damage and
its development. We can also say that measures are combined in
tactical patterns, which vary depending on, among other things,
the circumstances of the situation and the capacity of the resour-
ces. Different results can be achieved from the operation by for-
ming these patterns in different ways, i.e. their dependence on
one another, the order in which they are applied and where they
are applied. The formation is, naturally, also determined by the
purpose of the operation and the results that are expected from it.
This reasoning applies irrespective of the time and space involved,
for example, for the distribution of resources between several si-
multaneous ongoing response operations. Also here it is necessary
to take into account the purpose of the rescue services generally,
the purpose of the specific operation and the expected outcome.
The result of an operation is therefore determined by the
separate measures that are applied, how well or not they are car-
ried out and the order in which they are initiated and executed,
i.e. the formation of the pattern. Svensson (2002) points out
that some tactical patterns appear to have an inherent forgive-

Tactics are the link
between the applied
resources and the
incident, where the
relationship between
the resources and the
incident creates a cause
and effect condition
that is, in addition,
dynamic.


Response operation
resources and their
measures

The incident and
the course of
events

Tactics

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