1. Development and assessment project of incident commanders in Estonia
Stella Polikarpus
Emmen

2. Start of the project 2016
12 Effective Command assessor were trained by Katherine Lamb to use the assessment tool
Change of legislation: 1. and 2. level incident commanders from The Estonian Rescue Board assessment is now once every three years in EASS.

3. SPAR Decision Model
Situational Awareness
Find and interpret cues
Plan
Explicit objectives
(personal experience)
RPD
Formal
(consideration of options)
(shared experience)
Procedure
Value-based
(emotive trigger)
SPAR Decision making model developed by Senior Fire Officer and academic Dr David Launder from Metropolitan Fire Service in South Australia (ref).
Launder, D., Perry, C. (2014). "A study identifying factors influencing decision making in dynamic emergencies like urban fire and rescue settings". International Journal of Emergency Services, Vol. 3 Iss: 2, pp
Review
Evaluate decisions
Action
Implement decision
Adapted from Launder & Perry 2014

4. E-learning course was created

5. 6 hours training day (n=55)
1.5 hours lecture for 4 people to discuss learning from e-learning course
1.5 hours training scenario with one instructor
1.5 hours assessment scenario with two instructors
220 first level incident commanders trained so far, of the 360 employed.

6. Dynamic phase of incident

7. After dynamic phase of incident
Discussion and reflection about the incident response with assessor using Effective Command methodology

8. Certificate is created and assessment data stored in Effective Command site

9. Questions to discuss
Does this type of training enhance mental strength?
How to get more teachers to use the virtual simulation tools to create dynamic and complex scenarios?
What are the tools or methods to train and assess incident commanders situational awareness?

10. References
Launder, D., Perry, C. (2014). "A study identifying factors influencing decision making in dynamic emergencies like urban fire and rescue settings". International Journal of Emergency Services, Vol. 3 Iss: 2, pp
Effective Command website:
Virtual Reality training software for safety and security
E-learning course

11. The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
THANK YOU!
Stella Polikarpus
lecturer
The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences