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		<title>Special Deal on DVD &amp; Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<title>Expectations can Impact Situational Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Towering Inferno&#8230; Backdraft&#8230; Ladder 49&#8230; Emergency&#8230; Adam 12&#8230; Dragnet&#8230; Rescue Me&#8230; Chicago Fire. Love them or hate them, movies and television influence perceptions and create expectations three ways: First, they influence citizen perceptions of emergency service providers and create certain &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/05/19/expectations-can-impact-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmation Bias Impacts Situational Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/05/07/confirmation-bias-impacts-situational-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The foundation of situational awareness is capturing clues and cues in your environment &#8211; what some would call &#8220;paying attention&#8221; - and then making sense of those clues and cues &#8211; what some would call &#8220;understanding&#8221; &#8211; and then making projections &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/05/07/confirmation-bias-impacts-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Traffic Can Improve or Destroy Situational Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/04/11/radio-traffic-can-improve-or-destroy-situational-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to first responder radio traffic I am reminded of the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You may recall that in the story Goldilocks samples three bowls of porridge. One is too hot. One is too &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/04/11/radio-traffic-can-improve-or-destroy-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Station Alerting Noise Can Impact Situational Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/04/11/station-alerting-noise-can-impact-situational-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noise can erode situational awareness in many ways. Loud noises, soft noises, lots of noise, odd noises, familiar noises, annoying noises&#8230; all noise can present challenges. In this article, I want to explore some of the challenges first responders face &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/04/11/station-alerting-noise-can-impact-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Situational Awareness in Novice Responders</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/12/developing-situational-awareness-in-novice-responders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most frequent questions I get asked during the Mental Management of Emergencies and Fifty Ways to Kill a First Responder programs is: How can a novice responder develop expert knowledge when the number of fires are going &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/12/developing-situational-awareness-in-novice-responders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bravado: A Barrier to Situational Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/12/bravado-a-barrier-to-situational-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently sent out a message across my social media networks (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn) about bravado being a barrier to situational awareness. The message, in case you missed it, read: Bravado: The purposeful ignorance of critical signs of danger &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/12/bravado-a-barrier-to-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Situational Awareness: Think Past, Present &amp; Future</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/02/situational-awareness-think-past-present-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flawed situational awareness (SA) is one of the leading contributing factors to first responder near-miss and casualty events. In fact, it is nearly impossible to find a line-of-duty death investigation report that does not implicate flawed SA, or one of &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/03/02/situational-awareness-think-past-present-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Using the simulation environment to improve situational awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/02/19/using-simulation-environment-to-improve-situational-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many first responder training programs use simulation in the development of decision making competencies. Simulation exercises help develop skills in setting strategy and tactics, in applying policies and procedures and in developing critical thinking skills. But how can simulations be &#8230; <a href="http://www.samatters.com/2013/02/19/using-simulation-environment-to-improve-situational-awareness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Firefighting: It&#8217;s a whole new ballgame</title>
		<link>http://www.samatters.com/2013/01/29/firefighting-its-a-whole-new-ballgame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Gasaway</dc:creator>
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