Tactical Emergency Management

The course is designed for:

• Those working in single-agency settings without access to an internal system of tactical emergency management training.
• Tactical emergency managers who will be working in a multi-agency environment.  It will particularly suit members of local authorities and other agencies whose role is to represent their organisation in a Tactical Coordinating Group.

The course content fully correlates with the following Civil Contingencies National Occupational Standards:

• AA1  Work in co-operation with other organisations
• AA2  Share information with other organisations
• AA3  Manage information to support civil protection decision-making
• AG2  Respond to emergencies at the tactical (silver) level

The course content contributes to the following Civil Contingencies NOS:

• AG4 Address the needs of individuals during the initial response to emergencies

Aim:

To equip tactical emergency managers with the knowledge, skills and tools to apply Integrated Emergency Management processes within their own organisation and in multi-responder environments. 

Objectives:

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the tactical emergency manager’s role in planning, response and recovery.
• Explain the main elements of current UK Integrated Emergency Management model and their relevance to your role.
• Identify barriers and enablers to collaborative working as a tactical emergency manager.
• Apply Joint Interoperability Principles when managing response or recovery activity.
• Identify the requirement for justifiable and defensible decision-making when managing an emergency scenario and the importance of decision logging.
• Understand the role of social media within emergency management.
• Apply learning in a discussion exercise.