others are more or less ignored, depending on, for example, the
risk situation in the municipality at the time. A goal for decision
domain operational command may be to limit a fire to part of a
building. An overall goal for the decision domain task command
could be to raise a ladder and rescue a person at a window within
a certain time, naturally before it is too late since the problem is
viewed with regard to the assist ance need in the situation. When
it comes to operational command, the goal condition can normally
be equated to goal of the operation. For system command the goal
condition can normally be equated to aim of the operation. The
goal of the oper ation is then a part of the aim of the operation.
The goal must be realistic, both in relation to the resources
available and the development of a separate incident or the
risk situation in the municipality. It is easy for goals to become
unrealistic because it is easy to over estimate the capacity of
resources or because an unclear picture of, for example, the time
constants for various measures, i.e. how long it takes to execute a
particular measure and how long it takes for it to take effect. In a
corresponding way it can be easy to over estimate the capacity of
the whole system, perhaps because such basic needs as rest and
refreshment during a long term operation have been forgotten.
Observation condition
The observation condition entails the capacity to determine the
status or condition of the system, such as the capacity of a certain
piece of equipment at or for a certain time, or how an incident is
developing along with the parameters that are steering it. How
this status is seen or described is naturally dependent on the de-
cision domain from which the problem is being considered. It is
often beneficial, however, to be able to quantify the condition, for
example by setting an absolute value for temperature, flow or re-
source capacity generally, even if it may be sufficient to know if the
particular status is high or low, large or small, increasing or decre-
asing. Observations with regard to, for example, availability of ex-
tinguishing water, or whether a fire is spreading or is limited to a
specific cell can be required in order to determine the status of the
system. But an observation could also be an awareness of the events
planned by the municipality that could affect the risk situation. It
maybe so that extensive contact with other organisations is called
for to incorporate information they have that could possibly affect
the municipal risk situation, also from a rescue service perspective.