Why Use JAS?
Planning Purposes
Developing good Job Action Sheets that are appropriate for a specific agency’s personnel and emergency response role can take a lot of time, effort, and collaboration. But it lets planners and potential responders (the people who are actually going to perform roles) clarify responsibilities and identify gaps or overlaps. They can also serve as guides for the development of a training curriculum.
When the Time Comes
Unlike other traditional emergency responders, such as fire, police, and EMS, most public health workers do not normally operate in emergency response mode. While regular planning, training, exercises and evaluation are necessary to ensure that public health workers are competent to perform their emergency response roles, having a JAS can help ensure that each responder understands and performs assigned duties according to plan.