Tactics, command, leadership

Management capacity deals with the system’s capacity to handle
itself in relation to its environment. There are different ways of
increasing the management capacity in an organisation. For both
the decision domain system command and the decision domain
operational command, the management capacity can be increased
by adding a staff. For the decision domain task command, the ma-
nagement capacity can be increased in several ways. A common
alternative is to add more decision­makers. In this way, several
task command decision domains come about. One can thus speak
of task command in various degrees of resolution. This division
and gearing up must be conducted with consideration to the role
logic.
Turn­out operations are usually organised in a line organisa-
tion or a line staff organisation. Through one of these types of
organisations, unambiguous channels are created for information
flows, and allocation of authorities is often easy to define. This
manner of organising, however, places considerable demands on
all involved being able to cooperate on, among other things, the
tasks that are to be conducted and on distribution of resources.
Time scale can be defined as the time relationship between the
point in time when a situation is discerned and until information
is gained about the results of the action or actions taken. A time
scale is not just a measure of how far in advance plans are made.
It is also a measure of reaction speed from impression or infor-
mation, via assessment and decision. A time scale simply descri-
bes within which period of time that certain information, certain
decisions or authorities are valid. Each decision domain must be
able to handle several different time scales, however, a superior
decision domain sets limits on the length of the time scales that
subordinate domains can handle. Longer time scales set limits for
shorter time scales.
Preparedness production must also be handled by the system.
Preparedness production refers to the activities that include,
among other things, establishment of a certain degree of prepa-
redness in the form of personnel or other resources so that in the
event of emergencies, one is able to proceed to the incident site
and provide the necessary assistance. Moreover, constant assess-
ment must be made of the risk profile.
The command system is the part of turn­out operations that
handles allocation of authorities, resources, etc. and that controls
turn­out operations. Turn­out operations encompass all of the