The AFAC Fundamentals of Doctrine: A Best Practice Guide, March 2011, defines doctrine as ‘that which is taught’. It goes on to explain that doctrine describes how best to do things; codifies the body of accepted knowledge and encourages dissemination in a way appropriate for its intended audience.
Doctrine is evidence-based and is constantly reviewed to ensure it remains so. It is authoritative in that it represents the official view of the leaders of an organisation.
The Australasian Inter-service Incident Management SystemTM (AIIMS) is the incident management system officially endorsed and adopted by AFAC Members as the doctrine for incident management. It is the body of accepted knowledge, describing how best to manage emergency incidents. It is supported by a range of doctrine publications, including the AIIMS Revised Edition 2011, standard operating procedures and technical instructions.
AIIMS doctrine is the basis upon which emergency workers are taught how to manage incidents.
Teaching AIIMS is highly specialised and requires Registered Training Organisations (RTO) to be accredited to teach it. As custodian of AIIMS, this accreditation is managed by AFAC.
