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Interoperability in Practice: Evaluating the Application of JESIP Principles in UK Fire and Rescue Incident Command Competence Assessments

Analysis of 30,843 UK fire-service command assessments found JESIP-aligned behaviours had higher and more consistent scores in six of eight assessed areas.

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  • Publisher(s): Journal of Search and Rescue

  • Publication date: 1 July 2026

  • Country: United Kingdom

Why it matters in operational practice: It supports treating interoperability as observable command behaviour: shared situational awareness, clear role alignment, coordinated communication and disciplined decision-making.

Operational transferability: Applicable to UK multi-agency SAR command and team-leader practice, though it assesses fire-service competence rather than live missing-person searches.

Important methodological limitations: Retrospective assessment data, not operational outcomes; JESIP mapping used expert consensus and does not establish causation.

Training influence: Build multi-agency command exercises with assessable behaviours: explicit joint objectives, shared information picture, role clarity and documented decisions.

SAR training sections: Incident management; multi-agency coordination; communications; leadership; briefing and confirmation of understanding; decision logging.

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