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Episode 183 | St. Charles Fire Department Near Miss – Part 1

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Auditory exclusion, Automatic Action, Close Call, Command Location, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Judgment, Mayday, Miscommunications, Mission Myopia, Near Miss, Over Confident, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Progress Reports, Radios, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Teamwork, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 1 of a 3-part interview with two members of the St. Charles Fire Department (Missouri) discussing a near-miss where four firefighters were overrun by rapidly changing conditions at a residential dwelling fire. Length: 56 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding […]

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Bravado

1 Comment / Article, Bravado, Communications, Complacency, Decision Making, Ego, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Incompetence, Over Confident, Safety / Rich Gasaway

For the most part, I am fortunate. The first responders who attend my situational awareness classes are humble, courteous and professional. They come to the programs eager to learn, open-minded and ask really smart questions. Clearly, their focus is on improving their safety. But… every once in a while, I get “that guy.”

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Episode 169 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 5

Leave a Comment / Anger, Assertiveness, Bravado, Command Presence, Communications, Culture, Decision Making, Defiance, Denial, Ego, Emotions, Fear, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Judgment, Leadership, Optimism, Over Confident, Pressure, SAMatters Radio, Stress / Rich Gasaway

Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is the final segment of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity. Length: 26 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational

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Actions of the first-in officer

Leave a Comment / Article, Assumptions, Attention Management, Checklists, Communications, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Over Confident, Prediction / Rich Gasaway

During a recent Flawed Situational awareness program, I engaged the class in a discussion of what the actions of the first-in officer should be once the decision is made to be offensive/interior. The choices were: a.) Make entry with the crew; b.) Establish a fixed command position outside and send the crew in without the

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Episode 120 | Interview with Instructor John Dixon

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Attitude, Automatic Action, Biases, Bravado, Complacency, Confusion, Culture, Defiance, Denial, Ego, Error Creep, Habits, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Incompetence, Invincible, Judgment, Leadership, Over Confident, Pressure, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Under Confident / Rich Gasaway

In this episode I sat down for an interview with Instructor John Dixon to discuss his passion topic – the normalization of deviance. Length: 63 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher

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Episode 115 | Vehicle Fire Situational Awareness

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Close Call, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Expectations, Habits, Human Error, Judgment, Near Miss, Over Confident, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Prediction, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Task Fixation / Rich Gasaway

In this episode we explore the importance of developing and maintain situational awareness while operating on the scenes of vehicle fires. Length: 34 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational

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Episode 109 | The Perfect Storm

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Attitude, Bravado, Close Call, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Defiance, Denial, Expectations, Invincible, Leadership, Line of Duty Death, Mission, Near Miss, Over Confident, Prediction, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Training, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses the fire service “perfect storm” – a combination of unpredictable circumstances that lead to a catastrophic outcome. Length: 39 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ 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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The Routine Call

Leave a Comment / Article, Assumptions, Complacency, Denial, Hyper Vigilance, Over Confident, Perception, Prediction, understaffing, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

During a recent situational awareness program a participant was discussing something that went wrong at a routine call. As the story went, the crew had been to this address numerous times for the same (or similar) problem. Each time, the issue was resolved quickly and without incident. The call was, by his words, routine. So,

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