CM Gaps Explorer

• very useful information - adds on value, pillar for

  Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
  Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
  Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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  success
• framework information to understand certain actions - to reach certain goals!
• misconceptions of certain actions without knowing the general goals
• without framework information, uncertainty rises and degrades the quality of

  Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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• group dynamics and leadership processes, framework information helps to define this structures
• social interactions have to be addressed (communication, etc.)
• to know competent people during

  Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
   

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  (organizational social structure of all involved people has to be focused on to better understand certain processes)
• for "context" - available information for decision making (real vs Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization. Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation. Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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  ) and motivation/understanding amongst the

  Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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  audience

When CBRN-events are simulated and casualties

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to be decontaminated, the sucess of the decontamination has to be validated. Due to invisible substances (e.g. gases) and their high hazard potential, it poses a challenge to evaluators in exercises.

An evaluator needs to know why participants do certain things and whether they follow their own procedures, which are different from those of the evaluator's country, or whether they have no procedures but improvise.

Communication is a relevant factor in collaboration when carrying an

Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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into execution. In order to provide a basis for a communication, that makes the integration of all participants possible, language barriers have to be taken into consideration.

Within the patient and

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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transport we

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to minimize the spread of diseases as best as possible to reduce the

Effect of uncertainty on objectives.

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of our patients and staff. A complete disinfection of the ambulance cars after each transport is not possible, therfore we have to be aware of the Effect of uncertainty on objectives.

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of contamination.

Insufficiencies in terms of resource management (human resources, hardware, etc.) during multi-stakeholder long-term

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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operations.

Limitations in the planning of resources (qualified personnel and equipment) for

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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during large scale and long-term

Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
 

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Mis- and disinformation can have adverse effects on

Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.
 

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management and even cause cascading Unstable condition involving an impending abrupt or significant change that requires urgent attention and action to protect life, assets, property or the environment.

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(e.g. civil disobedience and even insurrections)

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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the individuals and organisations and testing their

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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level increases the

The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions.

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and exposes the shortcomings that

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to be handled.

Understandding the manner in which a fire reacts to the variables of fuel, weather, and topography, including variables as rate of spread and intensity, can help both in fighting the already ignited fires and in

Measures that enable an organization to avoid, preclude or limit the impact of an undesirable event or potential disruption.

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Evaluators

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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to be aware of the topic that shall be evaluated, knowledge is needed on how to evaluate. 

Examples of topics: CBRN, wildfire, flooding.

If participants don't have knowledge about the

Observer participant who witnesses the exercise while remaining separate from exercise activities.
Note 1 to entry: Observers may be part of the evaluation process.

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’s knowledge and capabilities and expertise, they will lose trust.

To find out if the

Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization.
Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation.
Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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was conducted in an optimal way and if the plan of the Process to train for, assess, practise and improve performance in an organization. Note 1 to entry: Exercises can be used for validating policies, plans, procedures, training , equipment, and inter-organizational agreements; clarifying and training personnel in roles and responsibilities; improving inter­organizational coordination and communications; identifying gaps in resources; improving individual performance and identifying opportunities for improvement; and a controlled opportunity to practise improvisation. Note 2 to entry: See also test.

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was respected.