Incident commander

The squad leader (EL ) is a person who drives use in damage or practice case, organizational and tactical as well as politically and / or legally responsible. Depending on the extent of use and actual need, it is supplemented by a guide and support forms an employment line.

Designation, use, specific area of ​​responsibility, legal powers and hierarchical classification differ depending on the organization, country and administrative level.

The director of operations may be transferred powers to third parties, eg due to legal provisions:

  • The appointment of people and resources to render assistance;
  • Entering and areas of land, buildings and structures and ships;
  • Performing isolate;
  • Adherence intrinsically vulnerable persons;
  • The time-limited shutting down of production.

A team leader should bring different skills, including

  • Decisiveness
  • Delegation readiness
  • Knowledge of the available options

He may invite experts from the relevant subject area for advice.

Situation in Germany

In Germany, the draft regulation " leadership and guidance in use (DV 100) " by the Standing Conference on Disaster Reduction and Civil Protection includes a generally accepted scheme of the structure and processes in an operations management and the tasks and procedures of the squad leader. This design is implemented in many organizations use by its own regulations ( eg as a fire service provision 100).

In everyday operations security authorities and organizations with security tasks are represented by their respective managers. With the participation of several specialized services and an increasing need to coordinate an overarching executive director of operations, depending on the legal situation, ordered. This can be one of the already employed or another person.

In some states, this is basically the director of operations of the fire department, depending on the position may also be a guiding force of the police, in Bavaria there is this officially aforesaid Local team leader ( ÖEL ).

For disasters engage special legal regulations, the politically responsible operations management then has mostly the so-called " principal administrative officer " (HVB ) holds (which may be for example, a district or an official appointed by him civil servants). Depending on the form of organization and legal basis of the specific application tasks are then delegated to subordinate operational command levels.

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