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Traits of High Reliability Organizations (Episode 275)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Automation, Benchmarks, Checklists, Communications, Competency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Expectations, Goals, Human Error, Judgment, Leadership, Mindfulness, Mission, Preoccupation, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Teamwork, Technology, Training, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This episode explores the traits of high reliability organizations Length: 25 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for details, enrollment […]

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Radio Discipline (Episode 272)

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Distractions and Interruptions, Equipment, Human Behavior, Information overload, Miscommunications, Overload, Progress Reports, Radios, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Short Term Memory, Size Up, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses the importance of radio discipline in developing and maintaining situational awareness. Length: 19 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness Matters

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What is SA and Why Does it Matter? (Episode 271)

Leave a Comment / Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Mindfulness, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses what situational awareness is and why it is so important in the workplace. Length: 30 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness

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Situational Awareness on the Roadway

2 Comments / Article, Assumptions, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Risk, Safety, Situational awareness / Rich Gasaway

There are an untold number of incidents in which responders have been struck by vehicles while working on roadway incidents. The roadway is one of the more dangerous work environments for emergency responders to operate in because conditions can go from being totally benign to total chaos in just a matter of seconds.

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Sneak Peek into a Live Situational Awareness Training Program (Episode 259)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Auditory exclusion, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Disoriented, Expectations, Experience, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Miscommunications, Over Confident, Personnel location, Pre Arrival Lens, Radios, Risk, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Size Up, Staffing, Task Fixation, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

The Situational Awareness Matters signature program was presented live at the Ponderosa Fire Department in Houston Texas. This episode is a sneak peek into a segment of the program. Click HERE to see all the programs I offer! Length: 47 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you

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Thornton Fire Mayday Story – Part 3 (Episode 258)

This interview is part 3 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned. Length: 65 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk

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Thornton Fire Mayday Story – Part 2 (Episode 257)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Auditory exclusion, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Disoriented, Expectations, Experience, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Miscommunications, Over Confident, Personnel location, Pre Arrival Lens, Radios, Risk, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Size Up, Staffing, Task Fixation, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

This interview is part 2 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned. Length: 57 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk

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Nine considerations when evaluating incident command software

1 Comment / Article, Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Expectations, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Frustration, Information overload, Interruptions, Safety, Technology / Rich Gasaway

As you attend conferences that have vendor display areas, pay attention to how many incident management software vendors claim to have programs that can “develop situational awareness” in first responders. This claim is often founded on the belief that as the software is able to capture, assemble and display layers and layers of data that,

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Thornton Fire Mayday Story. Part 1 (Episode 256)

This interview is part 1 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned. Length: 68 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk

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Backdraft and Mayday! – Part 3 (Episode 251)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Anger, Assertiveness, Assumptions, Attention Management, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Checklists, Close Call, Cognitive Memory, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Explicit Knowledge, Frustration, Gut Feeling, Intuition, Judgment, Mayday, Miscommunications, Personnel location, Progress Reports, Radios, Response Time Delays, Risk, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Teamwork, understaffing, Worksheets / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 3 of a 3-part interview with the incident commander from the German Township Fire Department who was in charge of a residential dwelling fire where a backdraft occurred followed by a Mayday call. Length: 62 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO

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