simultaneously in parallel or consecutively in series are called a
tactical pattern. Coordination requires that individuals and equip-
ment are available at a certain place and at a certain time. The
location, the individuals and the equipment are then engaged and
consequently unavailable for other response operations or measu-
res. It can, however, be necessary to transfer some special equip-
ment between different operations. Here the competition for time
and space takes on another perspective compared to its existence
within the framework of a single response operation.
Control restrictions concern various aspects of exercising power. In
the first place this concerns control over space and the authority
to access different parts of the space, for example, parts of an
incident site or a municipality. The concrete space constitutes a
hierarchy of domains that are controlled by various individuals
or organisations. Access regulations can be very or less stringent.
Not even the municipal structure for providing rescue services has
access to all parts of the space, at least not always. Sensitive areas
such as military or nuclear technology installations, where there
is strict access control can be taken as examples of this. Control
restrictions also concern control of an individual’s use of time. If,
for example, an individual or group of individuals (a unit or rescue
team) is instructed to carry out a task, this must perhaps be com-
pleted within a certain time, either because the individuals must
then carry out other tasks or because subsequent to that period
the task will no longer have an effect on the incident or accident.Capacity restrictions.
The ladder is too short
for the allocated task.
- An example that is well known within mathematics and optimisation
theory is the ‘travelling salesman problem’. This involves a salesman
who is to visit a number of towns. Each town shall only be visited just
once and the problem is to find the routes between the towns that will
result in the minimum total road distance. This scenario is well known
within optimisation theory and can be solved in several ways.