Planning for Rescue Systems

Aim

The students will get a good overview over how today’s systems for rescue and response are organized and function as well as how they can be analyzed, planned and controlled. After the course, the students should:

• Be able to account for and critically discuss the organization and function of today’s response and rescue systems.
• Understand and be able to use appropriate methods for analyzing rescue systems and for planning and control of the system resources.
• Be able to describe technical tools that are functional within the systems and be able to handle a selection of these tools
• Be able to design and organize new systems for response and rescue, taking into account different factors from the society

Content

A rescue system is a - usually by society - organized assemblage of resources with the aim of preventing and assisting in accidents and other events that lead to damage to people, materials and nature. Examples of rescue systems excisting today are health service, rescue service and the police. A respons system is a subsystem of the rescue system for the purpose of rescuing and mitigating damage when an accident or other sudden event has actually occurred. Ambulance care is a typical example. The course will cover the following:

• Presentation of rescue and response systems, including fire and rescue services, emergency medical services, police, alarm centers as well as the organization and control of these.
• Analysis of rescue and response systems, amongst others concerning cooperation opportunities and difficulties, command and control structures, organization, planning and practical realization of the services.
• Presentation, analysis and use of for the subject appropriate planning, control and analysis methods such as for example forecasting, resource planning, localization models and methods.
• Presentation and use of technical tools that can be used in the systems, for example GIS-tools and planning systems.