Volume 21 Issue 2, 2006

Monitoring the performance of wildfire incident management teams in real time

Geoff Conway

Peer-reviewed Article


Archived Article


Abstract

Many emergency services have well-established processes for operational review and implementing changes to structure, process and procedures as a result of lessons learnt from operational experience. This article describes an initiative implemented by wildfire response agencies in Victoria, to monitor the effectiveness of incident management systems and processes, and the performance of Incident Management Teams while they are working. It discusses the drivers for the introduction of the program, the structure adopted and the outcomes derived after three years of operation.