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Gold–silver–bronze command structure
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<table><tbody><tr><td>Gold</td><td>Strategic</td></tr><tr><td>Silver</td><td>Tactical</td></tr><tr><td>Bronze</td><td>Operational</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A gold–silver–bronze command structure is a <a href="/facts/Command_hierarchy/s91MBp3L">command hierarchy</a> used for major operations by the <a href="/facts/Emergency_service/mpnoeREI">emergency services</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. </p><p>Some practitioners use the term strategic–tactical–operational command structure instead, but the different categories are equivalent. In some cases, the national government (via the <a href="/facts/Cabinet_Office_Briefing_Rooms/PXw6P7v6">Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms</a>) will assume ultimate control and act as a "platinum" level. </p><p>The effectiveness of elements of interoperability and communications with this structure have been called into question by the Pollock Report of 2013. </p>