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What Gets Written on the Day

Write it while it is still true.

Operational

Title 10.1 in Event Records and Review

An Operational Handbook in Event Records and Review. An OTAS Live handbook by Kris Dailly.

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For the person writing the record on the day: the time, who spoke, what was decided and who was told.

What you will be able to do

  • Name the page you are writing and who will read it at 03:00.
  • Write a decision, a changed condition and a call while they are still true.
  • Rewrite entries such as 'Sorted', 'As briefed' and a time with no decision.
  • Write a late line without hiding that it is late.
  • Keep a child's name and medical details off an open channel.

What the chapters cover

  • What gets written during the event, and what can wait
  • The fields that would stand at 03:00
  • An unwritten decision
  • Incomplete information
  • What stays off an open channel
  • Handover when you are relieved

Thirteen chapters follow the job in order, with thirteen quick-reference cards you may copy for use at your own event. Worked examples are composite illustrations, not accounts of real events.

Operational titles are for the person doing the job at one post, door, desk or location on the day. OTAS Live publishes 30 handbooks across ten areas of event work, each at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level.

UK law, nation by nation

Law as checked in September 2026, with England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland named separately.

Three levels in Event Records and Review

Each area of event work is covered at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level, so the series follows the job from the post on the ground to the decisions around it.

All 30 handbooks