Counteracting accidents with crew resource management

Whether with the Bundeswehr, its reserve or with police forces: wherever weapons, ammunition, equipment and vehicles are in use, serious accidents can happen. Using practical examples, the author shows which competencies and action models can prevent this.

“Vorsicht Unfall!” helps you get through deployments, exercises and maneuvers more safely by using the right communication, cooperation and targeted reduction of accident-causing factors. Unnoticed by the media, serious accidents often occur in professional practice: when cleaning weapons, during combat exercises or on overseas missions. But good error management can be learned to counteract accidents.

Step by step to success using the following questions:

• What is meant by Crew Resource Management (CRM)?
• What CRM models are there and where are their limits?
• When can overconfidence become a danger to others?
• How important is the right communication, including across departments?

This practical handbook is ideally suited for company commanders, company sergeants major, unit leaders, police squad leaders, range officers, shooting range operators, rescue services, fire departments, firearms experts, and for all those responsible for handling weapons, ammunition and equipment as well as for training and further education.