DEBRIEF

After an incident, consider if you experienced any issues with joint working and if so share them with those responsible for de-briefing. They may have impact beyond your service and contribute to Joint Organisational Learning. Scroll down for some useful prompts.

Consider:

Remember, if we don't log it, we can't learn from it!

Co-location

  • Were commanders easily identifiable? (tabards)
  • Did commanders meet face to face?
  • Was a Forward Command Post (FCP) established?
  • Did commanders have timely on-scene meetings?

Communication

  • Did commanders regularly communicate with each other, with other tiers of command and with control rooms?
  • Was common terminology used or acronyms explained?
  • Was M/ETHANE used to pass incident information to control rooms?
  • Was relevant information shared across all services and control rooms throughout the incident?
  • Was an interoperability talkgroup used?
  • Did commanders resolve issues though communicating?

Co-ordination

  • Did someone take the lead co-ordinators role during multi-agency meetings?
  • Did Commanders use the JDM as single decision model to help manage the response?
  • Were resources, capabilities & responsibilities identified?
  • Was there an understanding of the capability, capacity and limitations of each other’s assets?
  • Were joint decisions on priorities made?
  • Were actions joined up and therefore efficient and effective?
  • Were joint decisions logged?

Joint Understanding of Risk

  • Did individual risk assessments get shared between commanders?
  • Were all threats and hazards identified and understood by each responder agency?
  • Were limitations and capabilities of people and equipment identified?
  • Were relevant and agreed control measures put in place?
  • Was a joint understanding of risk achieved?

Shared Situational Awareness

  • Did commanders have a common understanding of circumstances, immediate consequences and implications of the emergency?
  • Was there a common understanding at all levels of command, between incident commanders and between control rooms?
  • Did each of the responder agencies present understand their role in the response to the emergency?
  • Was M/ETHANE regularly used to develop a Common Operating Picture (CoP)
  • Was the Joint Decision Model utilised identifying the situation, the direction and the actions required?

To help you can download a multi-agency de-brief template