Fire ventilation

chapter 9
Tactics
Tactics can be said to be, doing the right things at the right
time. One defi nition of rescue tactics, i.e. tactics in association
with fi re and rescue operations, that has been used in
Sweden in recent years says that rescue tactics can be seen as
a pattern of thought and action to achieve the best possible
results on the basis of the overall purpose of preventing or
limiting injuries to people, or damage to property or the
environment.
Tactics is about using resources as effectively as possible
in relation to the need for assistance, the dynamics of the
situation and the other demands posed by the situation,
with a view to achieving and maintaining control. Tactics
therefore describe what and how something should be
done, not who does it.
When resources are used in different ways, for example
at the scene of an accident, certain measures are initiated,
coordinated and implemented. Measures are therefore
implemented by resources that are allocated tasks. In certain
cases the resource is designated as a unit that is an
organisational support for the resource, i.e. that the resource
is linked to a certain place in an organisation. Such a unit
normally consists of both people (personnel) and machines
(technical aids). Measures are therefore produced by
the help of units. Both the number of people and the
amount of machinery and other equipment the unit consists
of can vary. Units are defi ned in advance, before fi re
and rescue operations are implemented.
As a rule several measures are implemented at the same
time. It can be said that the measures are put together in
Tactics
Tactics are about how
the different parts in a
fi re and rescue operation
are put together,
structured and form an
overall solution. This
overall solution is part
of a wider context, and
should be arranged in
the best possible way.
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