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Interview with Certified Master Instructor Mike Richardson
In this episode, we introduce our viewers and listeners to Mike Richardson, our newest SAMatters Certified Master Instructor. Mike Richardson is a 39-year veteran of
Multitasking Impacts Situational Awareness
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a live demonstration may be worth ten thousand words. In a recent situational awareness and decision making
A Walking PAR Can Improve Situational Awareness
Personnel Accountability Reports (PARs) are essential to helping commanders develop and maintain situational awareness. A quality PAR dials the commander into every crew’s size, their
Leadership means… Leading!
On November 24, 2011 I wrote an article here on Situational Awareness Matters titled Defensive Decision Making. In that article I made the following statement:
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
Radio Discipline
A frequent contributing factor in firefighter casualty incidents is too much radio traffic. This can have a significant impact on first responder situational awareness because