operations needed to satisfy an assistance need, including tech-
nology, competence, etc. Also included in turnout operations is
what is called management, i.e. a conscious influence on a system
consisting of people and technology that occurs, in among other
ways, through continual planning, implementation and follow
up. It is thus through management that turnout operations are
administered and controlled.
To manage means, among other things, to consciously influ-
ence a system comprised of people and technology and entails
that a number of activities are dealt with. To fulfil the demands
and expectations that are placed on those in management roles,
they shall:
- Determine the way.
- Show the way.
- Establish prerequisites.
- Followup and adjust.
These management activities are similar, regardless of the posi-
tion held in the command system.
Utilising resources
All reasoning concerning flexible configuration of emergency re-
sponse operations and a tactical approach is based on the need to
be able to utilise resources as effectively as possible. Resources can
be managed and utilized based on plans and standard routines.
But in certain cases, one must have a larger degree of flexibility in
how the resources are used. This is based on one being wellfami-
liar with the resources’ capacity in, among other ways, relation to
what one wants to achieve in the current situation. One must also
have a good understanding of the situation as such, which is an im-
portant fundamental element in the discussion above concerning
control. Without knowledge and understanding of the resources’
capacity and of the situation’s demands and needs based on con-
ceivable developments, control cannot be gained and maintained.
For practical reasons, resources are normally divided into units
for the purpose of making the resources manageable from a ma-
nagement perspective. The unit can be defined arbitrarily, even if
it is normally applicable to have predefined units that in different
ways can be managed at the incident site.
One or more units are assigned one or more tasks and take
certain measures. The measures are the smallest elements that