Critical Incident Planning Case Study

* Discuss the role of scenario-based planning and its influence on institutional strategic A critical incident is an unexpected situation or incident that occurs that is considered outside of the norm which may requires intervention from others often emergency personnel an attempt to return the environment back to or as close to its original state. Critical incidents generally create or involve varying levels of high emotional reactions, loss of control over occurrences, or cause a need for emergency personnel to intervene.
Any situation beyond the realm of a persons usual experience that overwhelms his or her sense of vulnerability and or lack of control over the situation. Any Situation faced by emergency service personnel that causes them to
"Real men can handle it!"; "If you can't deal, find a new line of work!"; "Keep it to yourself," Don't be a baby!" The reality is that police officers, as all human beings, will experience deep emotional reactions to a critical incident. Attempts to deny this fact often cause officers to suffer in silence, not seek help, and in some instances, truly disrupt their lives and the lives of their families.
Police officers and rescue workers in general, share personality traits that can feed into the stress of a critical incident. Personality factors of Law Enforcement Personnel include: * A need to be in control * Obsessive/perfectionistic tendencies * Compulsive/traditional values -- wanting things to remain unchanged * High levels of internal motivation *