About the authors
Erik Cedergårdh is a fire safety engineer and has worked with deve-
lopment of command and command systems for a number of years.
He actively participates in fire and rescue operations as an acting
fire chief with metropolitan Göteborg’s fire brigade. He also works
with development of cooperation between different organisations.
Since 1996 he has participated in the national development of muni
cipal structures for providing rescue services in several different pro
jects for the Swedish Rescue Services Agency, including co authoring
Grunder för ledning on the foundations of management.
Ola Mårtensson has a bachelor degree in social sciences and is a part
time firefighter. He has worked as a leadership and management
instructor at the Swedish Rescue Services Agency. Currently he works
at an consulting firm specialising in leadership and organisational
development. He is a well known and highly respected lecturer on
leadership and management in the Swedish fire service.
Stefan Svensson started his career as a fire fighter in the Swedish Air
Force in 1986 and became a fire safety engineer in 1989. In 2002
he earned his Ph.D. at Lund University in Sweden. During the last
fifteen years he has been involved in experimental and theoretical
investigations on fire fighting tactics, including fire ventilation,
fire suppression and command and control during fires and rescue
operations. He is also involved at the local fire brigade, as a fire
fighter/crew commander.
Thomas Winnberg currently works as the fire chief in Kiruna. He has
been working at the Södertörn Fire and Rescue Association for a
number of years, as an incident commander and staff officer. His
dut ies include preparedness and turnout activities. Since 1996 he
has participated in the national development of municipal struc
tures for providing rescue services in several different projects for
the Swedish Rescue Services Agency. He is also involved in the train-
ing of personnel for international emergency response operations.