required to:
- determine the way,
- show the way,
- establish prerequisites,
- followup and adjust.
To determine the way means to decide upon the orientation and in
what way the work shall be carried out and development steered,
what shall be achieved and how tasks shall be prioritised. To show
the way entails, among other things, clarifying this orientation and
justifying the approach by dividing the general goal (the primary
aim) into part goals, and then to communicate this. To establish
prerequisites concerns, in various ways, establishing the economic,
structural and resource conditions required to execute the process
decided upon and, therefore, the practical tasks that it is made up
of. Establishing conditions also includes creating a structure, and
organising work on the basis of the orientation decided upon. To
follow up and adjust entails, among other things, continual supervi-
sion of how the work is being carried out and what it is achieving
in relation to the goal and, as necessary, adjust to compensate for
deviation. It also concerns being aware of how conditions in the
surroundings are changing and adjusting the work as necessary
to adapt to these.
These command activities describe the work a commander has to
carry out, irrespective of his or her level in the organisation. Note
that these various activities are not considered as entities started,
finished and concluded. They are processes that are continually
underway and a commander may have several in progress at the
same time.
Operations and turn-out services
The municipal structure for providing rescue services conti-
nuously runs some form of societal operation. This is based on
the Civil Protection Act and concerns preventing and limit-
ing personal injury and damage to property and the environ-
ment. The municipal structure for providing rescue services
is granted certain powers to enable it to fulfil its obligations
in this area. These are based on society’s needs for civil protec-
tion and the protection of societal functions. Operations are
oriented towards the prevention of incidents and accidents and
when they, despite these efforts, occur, towards minimising the