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chapter 9TacticsTactics can be said to be, doing the right things at the righttime. One definition of rescue tactics, i.e. tactics in associationwith fire and rescue operations, that has been used inSweden in recent years says that rescue tactics can be seen asa pattern of thought and action to achieve the best possibleresults on the basis of the overall purpose of preventing orlimiting injuries to people, or damage to property or theenvironment.Tactics is about using resources as effectively as possiblein relation to the need for assistance, the dynamics of thesituation and the other demands posed by the situation,with a view to achieving and maintaining control. Tacticstherefore describe what and how something should bedone, not who does it.When resources are used in different ways, for exampleat the scene of an accident, certain measures are initiated,coordinated and implemented. Measures are thereforeimplemented by resources that are allocated tasks. In certaincases the resource is designated as a unit that is anorganisational support for the resource, i.e. that the resourceis linked to a certain place in an organisation. Such a unitnormally consists of both people (personnel) and machines(technical aids). Measures are therefore produced bythe help of units. Both the number of people and theamount of machinery and other equipment the unit consistsof can vary. Units are defined in advance, before fireand rescue operations are implemented.As a rule several measures are implemented at the sametime. It can be said that the measures are put together inTacticsTactics are about howthe different parts in afire and rescue operationare put together,structured and form anoverall solution. Thisoverall solution is partof a wider context, andshould be arranged inthe best possible way.99