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Five Situational Awareness Lessons from a LODD Incident – SAM 354

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On June 2, 2011, the San Francisco Fire Department suffered the tragic loss of 2 firefighters at 133 Berkeley Way. The episode shares some valuable situational awareness lessons from this tragic incident. The San Francisco Fire Department conducted an internal review of the incident and issued a 156-page report on their findings. Many of the […]

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Five Situational Awareness Lessons from a LODD Incident – SAM 354

Episode 92 | Five situational awareness lessons from a LODD report