This category is for educational products on situational awareness, decision making and safety.
How significant (or stated another way… “How big a deal”) is flawed situational awareness as a contributing factor to firefighter near-miss events at structure fires? A. Not that big a deal B. Pretty big deal C. Really big deal (If you have attended one of my situational awareness programs you probably already know the answer […]
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In this episode, I recap the events surrounding our most downloaded near-miss interviews in the history of the show. Length: 33 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
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Situational Awareness Matters! Volume 1 Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, EFO, CFO Fire Chief (ret.) Print Book 267 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-939571-08-3 Publisher: Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC $39.99 Flawed situational awareness is a leading contributing factor to first responder near-miss and casualty events. Yet, sadly, most first responders know very little about situational awareness – what it
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Firefighter Safety: Mistakes and Best Practices Created and presented by: Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, EFO, CFO Fire Chief (ret.) Format: DVD Length: 119 minutes $199.99 This program examines mistakes that result in firefighter casualties and offers best practices to fix the mistakes and improve the safety of your firefighters. This program is based on
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Training for Failure: Understanding why some first responder training must change Created and presented by: Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, EFO, CFO Fire Chief (ret.) Format: DVD Length: 137 minutes $199.99 When first responders do seemingly insane things at emergency scenes there is never a shortage of peers waiting to pass judgment and to criticize. It
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Fifty Ways to Kill a First Responder: Improving Emergency Services Situational Awareness Created and presented by: Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, EFO, CFO Format: 3 DVDs Length: 3.5 hours $299.99 DVD 1: Understanding decision making and situational awareness DVD 2: Understanding the barriers that challenge situational awareness DVD 3: Best practices and lessons learned to improve
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Mental Management of Emergencies Improving first responder situational awareness and decision making under stress Created and presented by: Dr. Richard B. Gasaway, EFO, CFO Fire Chief (ret.) Format: 3 DVDS Length: 4.5 hours $299.99 Program Description: When I joined the fire service in 1979 I was having a lot of fun learning how to be
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