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MAIC (Multi-Agency Information Cell) Guidance Launch

It is critical on the build up to and during an incident that decision makers know what is happening and have one source of information to work with. Having the same ‘picture’ allows shared situational awareness in a complex and ever-changing incident. The Multi-Agency Information Cell (MAIC), which can be…

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General public

The nature of emergencies our country faces is changing as it is across the world. Our emergency services are working together to ensure they can play their part in providing the national resilience our country needs. Thankfully, major emergencies do not happen often, but when they do, our emergency services…

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JESIP News Edition 8

In this edition we give extensive coverage of Exercise Joint Endeavor, the final major validation exercise for JESIP, a short training update and then some great examples of JESIP being embedded and used in the real world! You can download the newsletter by clicking on the image and saving locally…

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Common operating picture

A common operating picture (COP) has been defined as: “A common overview of an incident that is created by assessing and fusing information from multiple sources, and is shared between appropriate command, control and co-ordinating groups to support joint decision-making”. A common operating picture is a single point of reference…

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Briefing

…be considered: ElementKey questionsConsiderationsINFORMATION What, where, when, how?So what?What might?How many? Timeline and history (if applicable)Key facts reported using M/ETHANE:Major Incident (declared or not?) Exact Location Type of Incident Hazards Access Number of casualties Emergency services INTENT Why are we here?What are we trying to achieve? Strategic aim and objectivesJoint working…

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Emergency Services

…procedures to gather learning from both exercising and incidents that may impact on interoperability with other services Utilising the new Joint Organisational Learning (JOL) App to share that learning as well as learning from others If your role means you could be first at the scene of an emergency learn…

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Supporting Decision Making

…they receive appropriately, before it influences the decisions they make. The following section provides background information and some suggested methods to support decision making. In many incidents there won’t be a need, or any time, for formal arrangements to be set up to support decision makers. But some incidents will…

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Joint Organisational Learning in Action!

Working together following information shared on JOL helps to prevent water rescue incidents… Over the summer, the JESIP Interoperability Board issued a JOL (Joint Organisational Learning) Action Note to address some significant issues which were affecting our aim to save lives and reduce harm at water rescue incidents. Following this,…

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