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. Anyone on an emergency scene can, and often do, experience all three. Stress can impact situational awareness and, equally concerning, stress can have devastating long-term impacts. […]
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I field a lot of questions 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 emergency situation and the role that stress plays in situational awareness and decision making. So I thought I’d write an article about stress. Well,
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters will be conducting situational awareness training for employees at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard This is the second naval facility to receive a site evaluation and training for lifting and handling personnel. The first training programs were conducted for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters will conduct a situational awareness site evaluations and training for employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The assessments and training started in 2017 and will be completed in 2018. The focus of the training will be to help improve situational awareness and decision
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC, the parent of company of Situational Awareness Matters has secured a year-long contract to train 600+ oil refinery operators at Syncrude Canada’s Fort McMurray Operations. The training will take place in 2018 and 2019 and is part of a four-pronged approach to improve operator safety during Periods of High Vulnerability that
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One of the essential components of well-developed situational awareness is being able to accurately predict the future. This prediction should be made during the initial scene size up and then it should be updated often as the incident progresses. In this segment, the need to begin with the end in mind will be explored and
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I am super excited to be able to share with you the features and enrollment options for the newly released Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. Length: 22 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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Sponsored by Midwest Fire Thank you for visiting the Periodic Chart of Situational Awareness page. If you would like to purchase the chart, please visit the SAMatters store at: www.SAMatters.com/store/ Each situational awareness barrier identified on the Chart is clickable link that will take you to articles, audio and/or video lessons about the barrier that
Firefighters and addiction. It’s not something we like to acknowledge or talk about. On this episode, we both acknowledge the problem and I have two guests from the American Addiction Centers here to give first responders advice about how to get help. Length: 56 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If
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Episode 409 In this episode, we introduce our viewers and listeners to Mike Richardson, our newest SAMatters Certified Master Instructor. CLICK HERE for the episode show notes. Length: 66 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full video. _____________________________________________________ Episode 408 The fire service is struggling with recruiting and retention. It’s also
