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Positive & Negative Clues and Cues (Episode 274)

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Confusion, Decision Making, Expectations, Human Behavior, Judgment, Mindfulness, Pattern Matching, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Tacit Knowledge, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses how positive and negative clues and cues influence the development of situational awareness. Length: 22 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 out the Situational Awareness […]

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A Tale of Complacency (Episode 273)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Command Presence, Competency, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Denial, Expectations, Habits, Incompetence, Invincible, Mindfulness, Mission, Optimism, Over Confident, Perception Of Reality, Preoccupation, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Training, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses how complacency can creep into our work, impact vigilance and flaw situational awareness. Length: 23 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 out the Situational Awareness

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What is SA and Why Does it Matter? (Episode 271)

Leave a Comment / Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Mindfulness, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses what situational awareness is and why it is so important in the workplace. Length: 30 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 out the Situational Awareness

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Time Distortion: A Barrier to Situational Awareness (Episode 269)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Confusion, Denial, Disoriented, Excited, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Perception, Perception Of Reality, Progress Reports, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Short Term Memory, Stress, Time Distortion / Rich Gasaway

This episode discusses the connection between time distortion and situational awareness. Length: 20 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 out the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for

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Eagle Scout – First Responder: The Daniel Konzelman Story (Episode 255)

1 Comment / Attitude, Automatic Action, Communications, Competency, Confusion, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Excited, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Information overload, Judgment, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Overwhelm, Pressure, Risk, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Stress, Teamwork, Time Distortion, Training / Rich Gasaway

Daniel Konzelman is an Eagle Scout and an accountant who found himself in the most unsuspecting place he could ever imagine. First on-scene where an Amtrak train derailed just south of Seattle on December 18, 2017. Listen to the story of this amazing young man as he talks about what it was like to be

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Fighting Fires on Main Street – Part 2 (Episode 254)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Benchmarks, Building Construction, Communications, Decision Making, Disoriented, Equipment, Expectations, Goals, Mindfulness, Personnel location, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Training, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Elyria Fire Department Assistant Chief, Joe Pronesti, talking about the unique challenges we face when fighting fires in legacy-era, Main Street structures, ie: Main Street Fire! Length: 42 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are

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Fighting Fires on Main Street – Part 1 (Episode 253)

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Elyria Fire Department Assistant Chief, Joe Pronesti, talking about the unique challenges we face when fighting fires in legacy-era, Main Street structures, ie: Main Street Fire! Length: 42 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are

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Mental Rehearsal (Episode 247)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Automatic Action, Checklists, Cognitive Memory, Decision Making, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Goals, Intuition, Mindfulness, Mission, Neuroscience, Repetition, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Time Distortion, Worksheets / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we discuss how workers can improve their safety by using mental rehearsals. Length: 21 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 out the Situational Awareness

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Pre-Arrival Lens, Task Fixation, Mission Myopia and Fear (Episode 246)

Leave a Comment / Communications, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Ego, Emotions, Experience, Fear, Human Factors, Intuition, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Perception Of Reality, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Sensory Conflict, Shared Mental Models, Stress, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, you get to sit in on a segment of a situational awareness program where Dr. Gasaway discusses four situational awareness barriers. 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

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How We Understand (Episode 245)

Leave a Comment / Assumptions, Attention Management, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Competency, Decision Making, Expectations, Gut Feeling, Human Factors, Interruptions, Intuition, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Overload, Pattern Matching, Perception, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Short Term Memory, Simulation, Situational awareness, Tacit Knowledge, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, you get to sit in on a short segment of a situational awareness program where Dr. Gasaway explains the second component in the situational awareness process – how your brain develops understanding. Length: 47 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in

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