Understanding Stress – Part 5: Tunnel Vision
Welcome to Part 5 of my discussion on stress. In the last segment I talked about the positive and negative impacts of hyper vigilance and its impact on …
Understanding Stress – Part 4: Hyper Vigilance
Welcome to part four of the series on understanding stress. In the first three segments I talked about the various kinds of stress people in high risk jobs can …
Understanding Stress – Part 3: Some stress is good
Stress. Who needs it?! The fact is, we all need it! Welcome to part 3 of my series on stress. In part 2 I discussed three kinds of bad stress: Acute stress, …
Understanding Stress – Part 2: Types of stress
Welcome to Part 2 of my series on stress. The goal of this segment is to discuss three types of stress: Acute stress, episodic acute stress and chronic stress. …
Understanding Stress – Part 1: The Physical, Chemical and Emotional Impact
I get a lot of inquiries about stress during my programs. I think this is, in part, because of how pervasive stress is in the lives of anyone involved in an …
2018 Year in Review
As 2018 comes to a close, I pause to reflect on how thankful I am for the opportunity to share the situational awareness message with first responders, …
Resilient Problem Solvers
Perhaps you’re going to think I’ve been out in the sun too long when you read this proclamation: I want you to make more mistakes! What? It’s …
Peer Pressure Can Impact Situational Awareness
The social interaction between coworkers may not be on your mind as you think about situational awareness. But the fact is we are all influenced by our …
Seven Situational Awareness Thieves
Recently I had a video clip shared with me of a residential dwelling fire. The video captures a flashover event. It was reported to me that firefighters were …
Weather Can Impact Situational Awareness
You may recall from earlier discussions that situational awareness is formed by gathering information about what is happening in the environment around you. …