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Episode 142 | Interview with Near Miss Survivor Rick Mehaffey

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Building Construction, Close Call, Complacency, Lost Focus, Mindfulness, Mission Myopia, Near Miss, Personnel location, Prediction, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Tunnel Vision, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, Captain Ricky Mehaffey from the Waynesville NC Fire Department, chronicles his near-miss survival story where 3 firefighters almost died at a “routine” chimney fire. Length: 48 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making […]

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A Recipe From Hell’s Kitchen – Part 2

5 Comments / Article, Complacency, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Risk Assessment, Safety, Situational awareness / Rich Gasaway

In this segment of the Recipe From Hell’s Kitchen series, I share the second step of the recipe – consequence. [tweet this] Rather, the lack of consequence and the impact this may have on firefighter situational awareness. One of the outcomes you might expect when there is incompetent behavior is an injury – a consequence.

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Episode 136 | Online Academy Q&A

Leave a Comment / Firefighter Situational Awareness, Neuroscience, Questions & Answers, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Training / Rich Gasaway

This special episode is dedicated to answering questions about the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. 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 Matters Online Academy. CLICK HERE for

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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 132 | Online Academy Preview

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Communications, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Goals, Human Factors, Mission, Neuroscience, Risk Assessment, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Staffing, Teamwork, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

I am super excited to be able to share with you the features and enrollment options for the newly released Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy. Length: 22 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 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 108 | Working Command and Situational Awareness

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Judgment, Meta Awareness, Mission, Multitasking, Personnel location, Prediction, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Teamwork, Training, understaffing, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This episode explores how situational awareness may be impacted when the first arriving officer establishes a “working command.” Length: 32 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 107 | Interview with Hagerstown Fire Chief Steve Lohr

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Leadership, Mission, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Staffing, Teamwork, Training, understaffing / Rich Gasaway

In this episode I interview Hagerstown Fire Chief Steve Lohr. After serving 30 years with Montgomery County Fire Department, Chief Lohr accepted a position with the Hagerstown Fire Department – a department much smaller than his previous department and with far fewer resources. We discuss the safety and the improvements

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Time to Task Completion is Critical

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Article, Checklists, Command Presence, Competency, Decision Making, Expectations, Experience, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Factors, Information overload, Intuition, Leadership, Mission, Perception, Prediction, Risk Assessment, Routines, Safety, Situational awareness, Time Distortion / Rich Gasaway

Your highest level of situational awareness is formed when you are able to make accurate predictions about future events. In science we call this projection and it simply means you are able to predict, or project, the future events. This is accomplished through mental models you develop that are founded in your training and experience.

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Episode 38 – Interview with Dr. Burt Clark

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Communications, Competency, Culture, Decision Making, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Gasaway Consulting Group, Human Behavior, Leadership, Mayday and RIT, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Situational Readiness, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

In this episode I interview Dr. Burt Clark, author of the recently released book “I can’t save you but I’ll die trying: The American fire culture” shares his passion for firefighter safety and the need to change our culture. Length: 79 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you

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