Deliver a Briefing using SMEAC

SMEAC is an acronym that provides an outline for delivery of information.

What does it stand for?

• Snake missed eating a carrot

• Situation

  Mission

  Execution

  Administration

  Control / Command

• Silly

  Muppets

  Experiment

  Alfa

  Caterpillars

• Site

  Methodology

  Experiment

  Arrest

  COVID

The Meaning of Briefing

• A long winded story about how your uncle lost his little toe while fishing at Gerroa

• The thing you see out the window when you are on the train

• The chat around the lunch room to talk about your weekend

• the action of informing or instructing someone

Situation can include

• An overview of incident

• Current and expected weather

• A summary of resources deployed

• All of the above

Administration can include

• Strategies and tactics

• Task and resource allocation

• Contingency plans

• All of the answers

During David's SMEAC briefing on day one he made the following SITUATIONAL report

• Call David if you are not going to make a class as he needs to put his angry face on.

• We should bring him cake as it goes well with assessments reviews.

• That we should work through lunch as he likes to dance on the beach at sunset.

• You are here to undertake TEA 40116.