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Episode 201 | When Unexpected Things Happen

Leave a Comment / Anger, Assumptions, Cognitive Memory, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Explicit Knowledge, Frustration, Gut Feeling, Human Factors, Information overload, Intuition, Judgment, Long-Term Memory, Mental Models, Neuroscience, Overload, Overwhelm, Pattern Matching, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we explore what happens when faced with unexpected situations and your brain tries to make sense of the unexpected. Length: 33 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen

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Episode 200 | Chesterfield County Interview – Part 3

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Cognitive Memory, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Confusion, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Information overload, Interruptions, Judgment, Meta Awareness, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Near Miss, Overload, Personnel location, Pre Arrival Lens, Prediction, Pressure, Progress Reports, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Size Up, Staffing, Stress, Task Fixation, Training, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This episode is the third (and final) segment of an interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel. Length: 50 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview! __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making

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Episode 199 | Chesterfield County Interview – Part 2

This episode is part two of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel. Length: 58 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview! __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a

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Episode 198 | Chesterfield County Interview – Part 1

1 Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Assumptions, Attention Management, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Cognitive Memory, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Confusion, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Information overload, Interruptions, Judgment, Meta Awareness, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Near Miss, Overload, Personnel location, Pre Arrival Lens, Prediction, Pressure, Progress Reports, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Size Up, Staffing, Stress, Task Fixation, Training, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part one of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel. Length: 46 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview! __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a

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Episode197 | Interview with Jason Bonney – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Factors, Intuition, Judgment, Leadership, Neuroscience, Perception, Prediction, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District. Length: 53 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

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Episode 196 | Interview with Jason Bonney – Part 1

This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District. Length: 53 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

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Episode 195 | Crisis Response Journal Interview – Part 2

This episode is part two of an interview with Christo Motz, a board member for the Crisis Response Journal. Length: 61 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen to the full episode __________________________________________________ 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 194 | Crisis Response Journal Interview – Part 1

Leave a Comment / Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Factors, Intuition, Judgment, Leadership, Neuroscience, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Christo Motz, a board member for the Crisis Response Journal. Length: 59 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen to the full episode __________________________________________________ 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 193 | Herd Mentality

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Attitude, Automatic Action, Biases, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Expectations, Fear, Goals, Human Behavior, Insubordination, Judgment, Leadership, Mission, Perception, Prediction, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

In this episode we discuss the cognitive bias known as herd mentality (or herd behavior). 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 a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for details, enrollment

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Episode 187 | Standards May Harm Decision Making

Leave a Comment / Decision Making, Expectations, Judgment, SAMatters Radio, Training / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses how training employees to written standards may actually harm decision making. Length: 27 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.

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