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Episode 224 | Chris Baker Interview – Part 1

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Close Call, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Excited, Expectations, Fatigue, Fear, Gut Feeling, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Overwhelm, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Stress, Task Fixation, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with firefighter Chris Baker, sharing a near-miss event at a Chevron Richmond Refinery in California. Disclaimer: The comments shared during this interview are of the individual and do not represent the views of any company, employer or agency. Length: 44 minutes Click the YouTube icon to […]

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Episode 223 | Interruptions Impact Situational Awareness.

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Communications, Confusion, Emotions, Expectations, Human Behavior, Miscommunications, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses how interruptions can impact situational awareness. Length: 16 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,

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Episode 220 | John Lightly Interview – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Automatic Action, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Error Creep, Experience, Gut Feeling, Habits, Independent Goal Setting - Freelancing, Intuition, Invincible, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Response Time Delays, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Training, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

This episode revisits Part 2 of an interview conducted September 15, 2014 with Captain John Lightly from the Youngstown (Ohio) Fire Department about his near-miss event. Length: 76 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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Episode 219 | John Lightly Interview – Part 1

This episode revisits Part 1 of an interview conducted September 15, 2014 with Captain John Lightly from the Youngstown (Ohio) Fire Department about his near-miss event. Length: 55 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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Episode 218 | Sean Dolan Interview

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Automatic Action, Close Call, Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Goals, Human Behavior, Intuition, Judgment, Lost Focus, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Miscommunications, Muscle Memory, Perception Of Reality, Pressure, Risk, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Stress, Task Fixation / Rich Gasaway

This episode revisits an interview conducted on September 1, 2014 with Sean Dolan from the Aurora (Colorado) Fire Department about his near-miss event. Length: 78 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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Episode 211 | 4th Anniversary episode

Leave a Comment / Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Gasaway Consulting Group, Leadership, Questions & Answers, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness / Rich Gasaway

This episode celebrates the 4th anniversary of the SAMatters show and chronicles the history of the founder and his tireless mission to improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making. Length: 45 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview! __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding

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Episode 210 | Observations and lessons from FDIC

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Anger, Assumptions, Attitude, Biases, Bravado, Close Call, Communications, Culture, Decision Making, Defiance, Denial, Ego, Emotions, Equipment, Expectations, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Gasaway Consulting Group, Human Factors, Judgment, Leadership, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Neuroscience, Personal Protective Equipment, Progress Reports, Questions & Answers, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Stress, Teamwork, Technology, Training / Rich Gasaway

This episode shares observations and lessons learned from the 2018 International Fire Department Instructors Conference. Length: 64 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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Episode 185 | St. Charles Fire Department Near Miss – Part 3

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, Radios, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Teamwork, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 3 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: 48 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of

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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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Episode170 | Interview with Brad Davidson

Leave a Comment / Attitude, Close Call, Communications, Decision Making, Expectations, Gut Feeling, Intuition, Judgment, Mindfulness, Perception, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

Brad Davidson is an industrial firefighter who was conducting an inspection on a furnace when his intuition told him something was wrong. This episode chronicles how trusting his intuition may have saved his life. Length: 49 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational

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