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A.5.25 A.5

Organizational / A.5.25

Assessing events and deciding what is an incident

Think of it likeWorking out whether the smoke is burnt toast or something worse.

In plain English

The family assesses what it notices and decides whether it is a real problem, so that small things are not ignored and normal things are not treated as emergencies.

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