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Episode 123 | Positive and Negative Clues and Cues

Leave a Comment / Decision Making, Expectations, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Judgment, Mental Models, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

In this episode we explore how responders use positive and negative clues and cues to develop and maintain situational awareness at emergency scenes. Length: 30 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 […]

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Episode 54: SA Q&A

Leave a Comment / SAMatters Radio / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, Dr. Richard B. Gasaway responds to five listener questions. Tune in as he shares the answers and provides some best practices for developing and maintaining strong situational awareness while working in high-risk, high consequence environments. Length: 21 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking

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Tacit knowledge and situational awareness

1 Comment / Attention Management, Competency, Decision Making, Human Factors, Neuroscience, Repetition, Safety, Situational awareness, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

While conducting research on how decisions are made during high consequence events I came across a term I’d never heard before – “tacit knowledge.” Once I learned what it was it quickly became evident that I possessed it… and I didn’t know it. In fact, every first responder who has developed expert-level knowledge and skills

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