Читать книгу Emergency Incident Management Systems - Mark Warnick S., Louis N. Molino Sr - Страница 27

The consideration of how many people a single person could effectively manage did not usually play into the decision‐making process on many incidents. Numerous operations were carried out with only one leader or supervisor managing the entire incident. In some instances, a supervisor would manage an exorbitant number of individuals (on occasions, more than 100), which hampered the response and increased the potential of the death or injury to a first responder. This left many individuals (or groups of individuals) to improvise, or get off task, while in the operating theater. With no immediate supervisor to keep them on task, it was not uncommon for response crews to do as they wanted rather than following orders (freelancing). The idea of the military's system of platoons or other similar supervisory structures was rarely, if ever considered. Even when an agency put a limit on how many people one person could supervise, it usually ended up being more personnel than they could effectively manage.