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Nine Dangerous Mindsets: Part 9 – The Synergist

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Article, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Ego, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Safety, Situational awareness, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

Welcome to this, the last of the nine part series on dangerous mindsets. From the feedback I’m getting, this series hit some chords with readers. I appreciate the kind words about my observations and the advice I’ve dispensed throughout this series. In this installment I’m going to talk about the Synergist – the person who […]

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Episode 233 | The Process for Developing Situational Awareness

Leave a Comment / Auditory exclusion, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Complacency, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Gut Feeling, Habits, Hallucinations, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Hyper Vigilance, Information overload, Intuition, Judgment, Long-Term Memory, Meta Awareness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Multitasking, Muscle Memory, Overload, Overwhelm, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, Pressure, Radios, Repetition, Risk Assessment, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Short Term Memory, Situational awareness, Size Up, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Task Fixation, Tunnel Vision, Tunneled Senses, Under Confident, Vigilance, Workload Management, Worksheets / Rich Gasaway

The episode discusses the process for developing and maintaining situational awareness. We will discuss the foundation, walls and roof of the SA development process. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode. Length: 36 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking

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Episode 232 | Kevin LaChapelle Interview Part 2

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Emotions, Expectations, Hallucinations, Judgment, Near Miss, Neuroscience, Over Confident, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Pre Arrival Lens, Repetition, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle from the Franklin, New Hampshire Fire Department sharing the details of mayday event that occurred in Franklin. Length: 37 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your

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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 7: The Superman/Superwoman

Article, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Ego, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Leadership, Safety, Situational awareness / Rich Gasaway

Welcome to installment seven of the Nine Dangerous Mindsets series. While these mindsets may have many dangerous implications, my focus is to bring light to how they can impact situational awareness and team safety. I have been receiving some amazing feedback so far on this series. Readers are sharing that I have struck a chord,

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Episode 231 | Kevin LaChapelle Interview Part 1

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Automatic Action, Building Construction, Close Call, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Fatigue, Fear, Habits, Mayday, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Personnel location, Pre Arrival Lens, Prediction, Progress Reports, Radios, Response Time Delays, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Teamwork, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle from the Franklin, New Hampshire Fire Department sharing the details of mayday event that occurred in Franklin. Length: 60 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your

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Nine Dangerous Mindsets – Part 6: The Silent

1 Comment / Article, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Ego, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Safety, Situational awareness, Stress / Rich Gasaway

Welcome to part six of this nine-part series on dangerous mindsets that can impact situational awareness. I appreciate all of the very kind feedback I have been receiving on this series on Facebook, Twitter and by email. Your positive feedback energizes me so much. Thank you. In this segment we’re going to discuss the Silent member.

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Episode 230 | Confabulated Reality

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Emotions, Expectations, Hallucinations, Judgment, Neuroscience, Over Confident, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Preoccupation, Repetition, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses what confabulation is and how our brains can make up its own reality, which can include eliminating factual information and making up untruthful information. Length: 21 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness

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SAM 229 | Jonathan Hancock Interview

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Anger, Auditory exclusion, Close Call, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Frustration, Miscommunications, Near Miss, Perception Of Reality, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Size Up, Staffing, Task Fixation, Teamwork, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

Firefighter Jonathan Hancock found himself alone, unexpectedly, in the middle of a residential dwelling fire. This is his story about how it happened and his lessons learned. Length: 46 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness

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Episode 228 | Perry Hall Interview – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Excited, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Goals, Gut Feeling, Habits, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Hyper Vigilance, Intuition, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Muscle Memory, Near Miss, Neuroscience, Over Staffing, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Physical Fitness, Prediction, Preoccupation, Progress Reports, Radios, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Time Distortion, Training / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him. Length: 61 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking

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Episode 227 | Perry Hall Interview – Part 1

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Disoriented, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Excited, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Goals, Gut Feeling, Habits, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Hyper Vigilance, Intuition, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Muscle Memory, Near Miss, Neuroscience, Over Staffing, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Physical Fitness, Pre Arrival Lens, Prediction, Preoccupation, Progress Reports, Radios, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Time Distortion, Training / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him. Length: 72 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are

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