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:
- What went well
- What didn't work well
- What could have been done differently to avoid the issue occuring again
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