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Episode 30: Brooklyn Park Fire Department Carbon Monoxide Close Call

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Equipment, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

On Saturday, September 13, 2014, the Brooklyn Park Fire Department was dispatched to a medical call that had the potential to be catastrophic for the members of their department, their EMS transport provider and their police department. Length: 41 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking […]

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Episode 29: Interview with Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, PAR, Personnel location, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Tacit Knowledge, Time Distortion / Rich Gasaway

On July 5, 2013, the Spokane Fire Department responded to a reported commercial building fire at the Mayfair Professional Building, located at 5901 North Mayfair. Within two minutes of the alarm, the first arriving company found light smoke coming from the area of the HVAC units in the side of the building. The structure was

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Episode 27: Preparing for your climb down the ladder: Retirement

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Leadership, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Stress / Rich Gasaway

On this episode, I interview Jeff Dill from the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance and Fire Chief (ret.) Les Karpluk who operates Genesis 2020 Solutions, a leadership teaching and consulting company located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. This interview focuses on a topic we are all going to face one day – leaving the fire service.

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Episode 26: StopBad! An interview with Comox Fire Chief Gord Schreiner

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Close Call, Communications, Competency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Leadership, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Situational Readiness, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Technology, Training / Rich Gasaway

On this episode, I interview Fire Chief Gord Schreiner and he shares valuable lessons from his “Safe and Efficient Scene Management Class” which by many departments throughout Canada has become known as the “StopBad” program. Length: 57 Minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding

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Episode 25: A firefighter’s situational awareness lessons from a mayday call.

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Mayday and RIT, Personal Protective Equipment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

On this episode, I interview Firefighter John Dantuono of the Lakeside (New York) Fire Department. Lakeside is located west of Syracuse. The all-volunteer fire department serves a population of about 15,000. Listen in as John discusses how he responded to a mutual aid residential dwelling fire and fell through a weakened floor. As he notes,

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Episode 23: Situational Awareness lessons learned when three feet from death – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Auditory exclusion, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

On this episode I continue the interview with Captain John Lightly. John as served as a member of the Youngstown, Ohio Fire Department for 13 years. Youngstown FD has 8 stations and a sworn strength of 135 firefighters. John’s married and has twin daughters who are in 3rd grade. So you can imagine how exciting…

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Episode 22: Situational Awareness Lessons Learned when Three Feet From Death – Part 1

2 Comments / Accountability, Auditory exclusion, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

On this episode (Part 1 of 2) I interview with Captain John Lightly. John as served as a member of the Youngstown, Ohio Fire Department for 13 years. Youngstown FD has 8 stations and a sworn strength of 135 firefighters. John’s married and has twin daughters who are in 3rd grade. So you can imagine

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Episode 18: Situational Awareness Lessons Learned in Two Minutes

1 Comment / Accountability, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Ego, Emotions, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Intuition, Mayday and RIT, Neuroscience, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This close call survival story is an interview with Aurora Fire Lieutenant Sean Dolan sharing amazing lessons from the house fire where he was caught in a flashover and sustained second and third-degree burns. Sean is very candid in sharing the details of what happened and how close he came to death. Length: 63 minutes

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Episode 17: Situational awareness lessons learned from a double line-of-duty death

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Close Call, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Line of Duty Death, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Staffing, Stress, Teamwork, Training, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

“Lessons learned from the Athletic Club Hotel Fire.” This episode is an interview with Indianapolis Health & Safety Chief, Doug Abernathy. In 1992, Doug had been on the Indianapolis Fire Department for four years and was serving as a firefighter on Engine 13. He shares a powerful story about brotherhood, love of the job and

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Special Episode 002 | Near Miss Expert Panel

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Situational Awareness Matters Radio Show Special Episode 002 Topic: Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System Expert Panel Discussion (from Fire-Rescue International, Dallas Texas) The purpose of the SAMatters Radio show is to improve situational awareness and decision making for individuals and teams who work in high risk, high consequence environments. The SAMatters mission is simple… To help

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