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Episode 174 | Complex Communications

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Auditory exclusion, Communications, Confusion, Expectations, Miscommunications, Progress Reports, Radios, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening / Rich Gasaway

This episode explores the challenges of how complex communications can impact situational awareness. Length: 24 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 Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for details, […]

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Assumptions can be a situational awareness barrier

1 Comment / Article, Assumptions, Communications, Competency, Decision Making, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Intuition, Judgment, Leadership, Mindfulness, Safety, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

We make assumptions every day. Some of them are accurate. Others are not. Assumptions occur when there is an absence of complete information. Such is the case at just about every emergency scene you respond to. Let’s explore how we make assumptions.

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Episode 172 | Confirmation Bias

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Biases, Cognitive Memory, Confabulation, Decision Making, Expectations, Gut Feeling, Intuition, Judgment, Long-Term Memory, Pattern Matching, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

This episode explores the challenges of how confirmation bias can impact situational awareness. Length: 28 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 Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for details,

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Episode 167 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 3

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Disoriented, Expectations, Human Behavior, Judgment, Mental Models, Neuroscience, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict / Rich Gasaway

Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 3 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity. Length: 30 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness

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Episode 166 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Decision Making, Expectations, Judgment, Mental Models, Mission, Perception, Prediction, Pressure, SAMatters Radio / Rich Gasaway

Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 2 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity. Length: 25 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness

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Actions of the first-in officer

Leave a Comment / Article, Assumptions, Attention Management, Checklists, Communications, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Over Confident, Prediction / Rich Gasaway

During a recent Flawed Situational awareness program, I engaged the class in a discussion of what the actions of the first-in officer should be once the decision is made to be offensive/interior. The choices were: a.) Make entry with the crew; b.) Establish a fixed command position outside and send the crew in without the

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Episode 165 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 1

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Cognitive Memory, Decision Making, Expectations, Habits, Human Factors, Judgment, Mental Models, Mission, Muscle Memory, Neuroscience, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Tacit Knowledge, Training / Rich Gasaway

Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 1 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity. Length: 26 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk

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Episode 164 | Predicting the future

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Automatic Action, Benchmarks, Decision Making, Expectations, Judgment, Mental Models, Mission, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio / Rich Gasaway

One of the most challenging parts of situational awareness development is making an accurate prediction about what is going to happen in the future. This is one of the most often overlooked components of situational awareness development and the outcome can be catastrophic. Length: 30 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________

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Episode144 | Pre-Arrival Lens

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Biases, Communications, Expectations, Neuroscience, Perception, Pre Arrival Lens, Prediction, Radios, SAMatters Radio / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we discuss the pre-arrival lens that responders use to help form situational awareness. Length: 24 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 142 | Interview with Near Miss Survivor Rick Mehaffey

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Building Construction, Close Call, Complacency, Lost Focus, Mindfulness, Mission Myopia, Near Miss, Personnel location, Prediction, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Tunnel Vision, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, Captain Ricky Mehaffey from the Waynesville NC Fire Department, chronicles his near-miss survival story where 3 firefighters almost died at a “routine” chimney fire. Length: 48 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making

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