FIRE-IN Common Capability Challenges | Solutions & Preliminary Results

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The FIRE-IN Common Capability Challenges		Challenges identified (click here for more details)
		High flow of effort in hostile environment	Low frequency, high impact	Multiagency / multileadership environment	Higly level of uncertainty
Capabilities identified	Incident Command Organization	Focus on sustainability of safe operations	Anticipate vulnerability, and communicate to the public	Distribute decision-making	Strategies choosing safe, resilient scenarios, and maintaining credibility
	Pre-planning	Pre-plan a time-efficient, safe response, minimizing responder’s engagement	Negotiate solutions with stakeholders for anticipated scenarios	Pre-plan interoperability and enhance synergies	Focus on governance and capacity building towards more resilient societies
	Standardization	Establish specific procedures and guides facilitating operativity	Standardize capabilities in front of pre-established scenarios	Establish an interagency framework	Build doctrine for resilience in emergency services and societies
	Knowledge cycle	Train specific roles and risks	Organizational learning focusing efforts in key risks and opportunities	Build a shared understanding of emergency and train interagency scenarios	Focus on capacity building towards more resilient societies
	Information management	Information cycle	Manage key information focused on decision-making	Define common information management processes between agencies	Provide an efficient, flexible flow of information for a shared understanding
	Community involvement	Develop public self-protection to minimize responders exposures	Involve communities in preparing population for the worst scenario before it happens	Not identified at this stage	Cultural changes in risk tolerance and resilience
	Technology	Use technology to assess risks and minimize responder’s engagement	Forecast and simulate complex scenarios	Technological tools to support data sharing	Get a clear picture of the risk evolution