You will learn how to establiosh, lead and manage a major incident mortuary. This course provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent in a range of management required to plan and implement a temporary mortuary.

This 5-day course aims to provide Police Inspectors and above with the necessary skills to be able to carry out managerial functions of a Police Mortuary Coordinator at a major incident. Students will learn about which modern methods are used in major incident / rescue operations, What planning is required for major incident / rescue operations and how to manage teams and distribute tasks and roles

Aims and Objectives

Students will learn how to plan, set up and manage a temporary mortuary in a major incident/rescue operation type situation.

At the end of the course the student/participant will be able to:

• Provide an overview of how to manage a mortuary
• Understand how to deal with bodies in regular and emergency situations
• Understand the importance of teamwork
• Understand the division of roles
• Learn how to identify bodies
• Understand the communications that are required throughout

The course is made up of the following units:

Leadership

Introduction to Intelligence and Evidence

Identification and proving ID

Evidence