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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 / By 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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Firefighter Through the Floor – The Matt Marlow Story (Episode 266)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Automatic Action, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Expectations, Lost Focus, Mission Myopia, Over Confident, Pre Arrival Lens, Response Time Delays, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

In this interview, Matt Marlow shares how his late arrival on a structure fire led to a complacent mindset and caused him to fall through the floor at a residential structure fire. Length: 78 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding …

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Electrocuted by a downed power line – The Tom Ehlers Story – Part 2 (Episode 261)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Close Call, Command Location, Command Presence, Communications, Complacency, Decision Making, Disoriented, Emotions, Equipment, Gut Feeling, Human Error, Intuition, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Personal Protective Equipment, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Stress, Training, Tunnel Vision, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

Listen in as firefighter Tom Ehlers and fire chief Wesley Cole share their story about a fire incident where Tom was struck by a falling 14k volt power line on the scene of a fire. This is part 2 of the 2 part series. Length: 62 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the …

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Electrocuted by a falling power line – The Tom Ehler’s Story – Part 1 (Episode 260)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Close Call, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Communications, Complacency, Decision Making, Disoriented, Emotions, Equipment, Expectations, Gut Feeling, Human Error, Intuition, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Personal Protective Equipment, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Stress, Training, Tunnel Vision, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

Listen in as firefighter Tom Ehlers and fire chief Wesley Cole share their story about a fire incident where Tom was struck by a falling 14k volt power line on the scene of a fire. Length: 54 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in …

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Fighting Fires on Main Street – Part 2 (Episode 254)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Communications, Decision Making, Disoriented, Equipment, Expectations, Goals, Mindfulness, Personnel location, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Training, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Elyria Fire Department Assistant Chief, Joe Pronesti, talking about the unique challenges we face when fighting fires in legacy-era, Main Street structures, ie: Main Street Fire! Length: 42 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are …

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Pre-Arrival Lens, Task Fixation, Mission Myopia and Fear (Episode 246)

Leave a Comment / Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Ego, Emotions, Experience, Fear, Human Factors, Intuition, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Perception Of Reality, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Stress, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

In this episode, you get to sit in on a segment of a situational awareness program where Dr. Gasaway discusses four situational awareness barriers. Length: 33 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 …

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How We Understand (Episode 245)

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Attention Management, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Competency, Decision Making, Expectations, Gut Feeling, Human Factors, Interruptions, Intuition, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Overload, Pattern Matching, Perception, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Short Term Memory, Simulation, Situational awareness, Tacit Knowledge, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

In this episode, you get to sit in on a short segment of a situational awareness program where Dr. Gasaway explains the second component in the situational awareness process – how your brain develops understanding. Length: 47 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in …

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Twelve Ways to Improve Situational Awareness (SAM 244)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Attitude, Auditory exclusion, Close Call, Cognitive Memory, Command Support, Communications, Decision Making, Human Behavior, Hyper Vigilance, Information overload, Interruptions, Line of Duty Death, Long-Term Memory, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Overload, Radios, Repetition, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Short Term Memory, Size Up, Staffing, Stress, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Vigilance, Workload Management, Worksheets / By Rich Gasaway

In this episode, a special guest presents twelve ways to improve situational awareness while working in high-risk, high consequence environments. 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, …

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Episode 242 | Eric Dreiman Interview – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Automatic Action, Close Call, Communications, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Equipment, Expectations, Interruptions, Lost Focus, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Near Miss, Preoccupation, Radios, Risk, Risk Assessment, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Teamwork, Vigilance / By Rich Gasaway

This is part 2 of a 2-part story about an amazing near-miss event where, if their decision to exit was delayed by only a few seconds, it would have likely resulted in a double line-of-duty death. Length: 42 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you …

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SAM 241 | Eric Dreiman Interview – Part 1

This is part 1 of a 2-part story about an amazing near-miss event where, if their decision to exit was delayed by only a few seconds, it would have likely resulted in a double line-of-duty death. Length: 38 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you …

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