Risk Management / H&S / C&C / Emergency Management Flashcards
Definition of risk:
Effect of uncertainty on objectives
4 key risk categories:
- Operational
- Corporate
- Portfolio
- Strategic
Why do we consider health and safety?
- Legal obligation
- Ethical
- Our business
Section 36: (H&S)
Primary duty of care
Primary responsibility for peoples health and safety at work (includes staff, public, detainees etc)
Hierarchy of controls for H&S:
- Elimination
- Substitution
- Engineering controls
- Admin controls
- PPE
How do command and control operate within an agency?
And the meaning of this model.
Command = operates vertically within an agency
Control = operates horizontally
When a controller is appointed they are in ‘control’ of the incident. However, they can only be in ‘command’ of the staff in their agency.
What skills does ‘command’ include?
- Leadership
- Control
- Effective decision making
- Behaving lawfully and ethically
- Prevention and Victim focus
What does command refer to?
Internal ownership, admin responsibility and detailed direction of personal and resources.
What does control refer to?
Responsibility for co-ordinating and directing the response to an incident
3 essential elements of command and control:
- Leadership
- Decision making
- Control
Why do Police use the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)?
Provides an over arching incident management system that works across all central and government agencies and emergency services
When is CIMS used?
- Business as usual
- Rising tide incidents
- Critical incidents
- Major critical events
- Planned operations
- Spontaneous operations
Command operating levels:
- Tactical
- Operational
- Strategic
Principles of command and control:
- Unity and span
- Continuity and delegation
- Obligations
Appreciation Process:
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