the assistance need. There is normally, within the framework of
a single response operation, a need to group resources to make
them manageable, to the purpose of fulfill ing parts of the assis-
tance need. It is then it becomes necessary to apply, among other
things, measures to show how the resources should be grouped.
It can also be necessary to carry out several tasks, simultaneously
or consecutively.
The system level, to execute tasks, is organisational and covers
the command of organisational elements in the execution of al-
located tasks.
The system level to execute emergency response operations entails
the command of single emergency response operations. The level
is based on the prerequisite that the system is able to satisfy the
total assistance need in connection with an emergency or the im-
minent danger of such by carrying out one or more tasks simul-
taneously or consecutively. Responsibility here is legally groun-
ded on the Civil Protection Act (2003:778), which points out the
importance of clear, expedient leadership of emergency response
operations and of their effective execution. This system level the-
refore corresponds to the response operation perspective.
The system level to provide municipal emergency services encom
passes the management of the total turnout operation. The aim
here is to be able to execute one or more simultaneous response
operations, maintain emergency preparedness production, meet
the total assistance need and monitor the risk situation. This
system level is also legally grounded on the Civil Protection Act
(2003:778), with reference to the overall responsibility for turn
out operations.
Decision domains
It is possible, within the framework of the command system, to
define different scopes of authority in both time and space. A scope
of authority entails a degree of responsibility and the right to
make decisions on issues or problems within that scope of the aut-
hority. The organisation allocates authority, while the individuals
who are given it take responsibility on the basis of it. We will now
refer to such a scope of authority as a decision domain. Decision do-
mains refer to the authority that has been allocated, i.e. the types
of issues, problems or information the domain has the authority
to administer and can influence, either directly or indirectly.