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Aggressiveness and Situational Awareness
I was recently contacted by email from a Situational Awareness Matters member asking if aggressiveness and safety can co-exist at an emergency scene. My answer was “of course they can.” The two actions, being safe and being aggressive are not … Continue reading
Posted in building construction, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Emotions, Human Behavior, Safety, Situational awareness, size-up, Staffing, Stress, Teamwork, Training
Tagged aggressive tactics, decision making, firefighter safety, firefighter situational awareness, incident command, situational awareness, size up
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360° Size Up
Situational awareness starts with capturing clues and cues in your environment. It’s really quite a simple premise. To capture clues and cues requires seeing or hearing them. At a structure fire, the visual clues and cues occupy a finite environment- … Continue reading
Posted in Attention Management, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, firefighter situational awareness, human factors, Incompetence, Safety, Situational awareness, size-up, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines
Tagged 360 degree size up, Colerain Township Fire Department, decision making, decision making under stress, Firefighter Line of Duty Death, firefighter safety, firefighter situational awareness, firefighter training, fireground command, fireground size up, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, safety culture, size up
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Every Building on Fire is in the Process of Falling Down
In my first responder situational awareness classes we talk about the need to predict the future. Based on the definition I use on my programs (offered by Dr. Mica Endsley), I am referring to Level 3 situational awareness – being … Continue reading
When The Puzzle Pieces Don’t Fit
The med unit is responding to a report of a person down in a hotel room. While in route, dispatch notifies them that CPR is in progress. As they arrive a police officer meets them outside and tells them there … Continue reading
Situational Awareness Starts with the Size-Up
During my fireground situational awareness classes we talk about the process for making high-stress, high consequence decisions. The first step in this process is performing a rapid size up. When I ask participants how long they take to size up … Continue reading
