SCG Strategy: Joint Decision Making Log

4. SCG Strategy

From the start of the incident, a log will be maintained by each agency to capture their decisions during the incident and a single joint decision-making log will be used to capture all decisions during the incident. Doing so will provide a clear picture of what decisions were made and by whom. In order for the SCG to gain shared situational awareness, a collaboration between all stakeholders is key, it is essential that representatives from each stakeholder engage during the incident and facilitate collaboration.

4.1. Strategic Aim: To resolve the incident expediently whilst protecting the community, the environment and promoting the return to normality

4.2. Strategic Objectives: (MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN, 2008).

1. Preserve

To minimize the impact on the community

5. To maintain continuity of service provision

6. Co-ordinate the multi-agency response to the incident: In so far as saving of life permits, secure, preserve and protect the scene.

7. Minimise the impact on the environment

8. Minimise the impact on business and the community: To support the return to normality

9. Effective recovery following incident: A Recovery Management Cell has been set up and sits in parallel to the SCG and will facilitate recovery once the incident transitions out of the response phase.

10. Investigate the incident: obtaining and securing all available evidence in conjunction with other investigative bodies where applicable.

SCG Aims: (Exercise Objectives, 2016)

Establish and maintain effective communications between commanders and their respective command locations to support shared situational awareness.

• Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service will act as the lead service to coordinate the joint response to the incident.

• To aid decision making, The Joint Decision-Making Model will be the single decision-making model to share information and intelligence between agencies.

• An initial working strategy will be created based on what is known at the time and through the joint understanding of risks and integration of

The best way to gain situational awareness is to be at the scene. However, that is impractical due to the nature of work required. The next best way is to set up a live video feed of the incident. This can be fed from Staffordshire Fire and Rescues’ Incident Command Vehicle which has roof-mounted cameras and additional cameras that can be set up in each sector of the fire ground. Staffordshire Police’s aerial drone should also be requested to provide a bird’s eye view of the scene. Gain a live aerial view of the site to determine the damage and anticipate any additional risks, the SCG can watch the incident’s progression and mobilize any additional resources to the