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Episode 147 | The Need for Skill Rehearsal

Leave a Comment / Command Presence, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Expectations, Goals, Independent Goal Setting - Freelancing, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Teamwork, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses the importance of rehearsal as a means to strengthen team situational awareness. Length: 38 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 […]

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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 141 | Confabulation

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Confabulation, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Expectations, Human Factors, Information overload, Miscommunications, Neuroscience, Overload, Perception Of Reality, Progress Reports, SAMatters Radio, Stress / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we explore how the brain confabulates – or makes up its own reality. In the absence of facts, the brain can start to invent or create its own reality. This can be dangerous on emergency scenes. Length: 22 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are

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Episode 134 | Assessing resources

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Expectations, Fear, Goals, Mayday and RIT, Mission, Pressure, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Stress, Teamwork, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we discuss the importance of setting operational strategy based on available resources and the impact of understaffing on situational awareness. Length: 25 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

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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 115 | Vehicle Fire Situational Awareness

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Close Call, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Expectations, Habits, Human Error, Judgment, Near Miss, Over Confident, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Prediction, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Task Fixation / Rich Gasaway

In this episode we explore the importance of developing and maintain situational awareness while operating on the scenes of vehicle fires. Length: 34 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

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Episode 112 | Predicting Outcomes

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Building Construction, Expectations, Mental Models, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

In this episode we discuss the process of predicting future outcomes – an important component in developing 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

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Episode 110 | Live Events Q&A

1 Comment / Assumptions, Attention Management, Building Construction, Cognitive Memory, Expectations, Experience, Gut Feeling, Information overload, Intuition, Long-Term Memory, Mindfulness, Overload, Pattern Matching, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

In this episode I share some of the more commonly asked questions that come up during live Situational Awareness events. Length: 51 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,

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Episode 109 | The Perfect Storm

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Attitude, Bravado, Close Call, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Defiance, Denial, Expectations, Invincible, Leadership, Line of Duty Death, Mission, Near Miss, Over Confident, Prediction, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Training, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses the fire service “perfect storm” – a combination of unpredictable circumstances that lead to a catastrophic outcome. Length: 39 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 106 | Sensory conflict can impact situational awareness

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Confusion, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Lost Focus, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Pattern Matching, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, Radios, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict, Size Up / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we will discuss what can happen when a person is experiencing sensory conflict and how this neurological phenomenon can impact situational awareness. Length:31 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to

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