Chief Warden Field Guide

The moment between the impact of an emergency and Emergency Services arriving to help seems like a lifetime. As the emergency unfolds, all eyes turn to the leader for direction. The role of any facility’s Chief Warden becomes the ‘hot seat’ when chaos strikes. Now is not the time to falter. 

The Chief Warden Field Guide sets out the rigours of the role before, during and after an emergency and how to navigate and master the most difficult of incidents. 

In this guide you’ll discover:


• How to plan and prepare for adversity
• Why expectations are high but investment in emergency management is low
• What forms the basis of an effective emergency response
• That not every emergency is a fire and every response an evacuation
• How to conquer adversity and lead during emergencies
• The future of emergency management and your role in shaping it

About the Author: 

Russell Boon is the founder of CAPACITY Building Emergency Management. He is an advocate for change in the emergency management industry to keep pace with the ever-evolving dynamics of the modern world. An enormous weight of responsibility is hoisted upon Chief Wardens, yet the scarcity of quality training and practice that comes along with it has driven Russell to becoming a disrupter in workplace emergency management.  

It’s through this lens that the Chief Warden Field Guide: Rules for Focused Success When Chaos Strikes was conceived and written. Because after all is said and done, saving lives is what really matters.