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Episode 30: Brooklyn Park Fire Department Carbon Monoxide Close Call

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Equipment, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

On Saturday, September 13, 2014, the Brooklyn Park Fire Department was dispatched to a medical call that had the potential to be catastrophic for the members of their department, their EMS transport provider and their police department. Length: 41 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking […]

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Episode 29: Interview with Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, PAR, Personnel location, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Tacit Knowledge, Time Distortion / Rich Gasaway

On July 5, 2013, the Spokane Fire Department responded to a reported commercial building fire at the Mayfair Professional Building, located at 5901 North Mayfair. Within two minutes of the alarm, the first arriving company found light smoke coming from the area of the HVAC units in the side of the building. The structure was

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Episode 25: A firefighter’s situational awareness lessons from a mayday call.

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Mayday and RIT, Personal Protective Equipment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

On this episode, I interview Firefighter John Dantuono of the Lakeside (New York) Fire Department. Lakeside is located west of Syracuse. The all-volunteer fire department serves a population of about 15,000. Listen in as John discusses how he responded to a mutual aid residential dwelling fire and fell through a weakened floor. As he notes,

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Episode 23: Situational Awareness lessons learned when three feet from death – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Auditory exclusion, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

On this episode I continue the interview with Captain John Lightly. John as served as a member of the Youngstown, Ohio Fire Department for 13 years. Youngstown FD has 8 stations and a sworn strength of 135 firefighters. John’s married and has twin daughters who are in 3rd grade. So you can imagine how exciting…

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Episode 22: Situational Awareness Lessons Learned when Three Feet From Death – Part 1

2 Comments / Accountability, Auditory exclusion, Building Construction, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Intuition, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

On this episode (Part 1 of 2) I interview with Captain John Lightly. John as served as a member of the Youngstown, Ohio Fire Department for 13 years. Youngstown FD has 8 stations and a sworn strength of 135 firefighters. John’s married and has twin daughters who are in 3rd grade. So you can imagine

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Episode 21: Situational awareness lessons shared by a first responder struck by a car

Leave a Comment / Close Call, Competency, Decision Making, Emotions, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Factors, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Stress, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

On this episode I interview Sean Balantic. After serving 6 years active duty as a United States Marine, Sean served as a federal firefighter prior to being employed by the Rochester, New York Fire Department where he has served for almost 7 years. Sean is assigned as a firefighter on Truck 3. In this interview,

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Episode 18: Situational Awareness Lessons Learned in Two Minutes

1 Comment / Accountability, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Close Call, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Ego, Emotions, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Intuition, Mayday and RIT, Neuroscience, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training, Tunneled Senses, Workload Management / Rich Gasaway

This close call survival story is an interview with Aurora Fire Lieutenant Sean Dolan sharing amazing lessons from the house fire where he was caught in a flashover and sustained second and third-degree burns. Sean is very candid in sharing the details of what happened and how close he came to death. Length: 63 minutes

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Special Episode 002 | Near Miss Expert Panel

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Communications, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Ego, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Personal Protective Equipment, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork / Rich Gasaway

Situational Awareness Matters Radio Show Special Episode 002 Topic: Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System Expert Panel Discussion (from Fire-Rescue International, Dallas Texas) The purpose of the SAMatters Radio show is to improve situational awareness and decision making for individuals and teams who work in high risk, high consequence environments. The SAMatters mission is simple… To help

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Episode 14: The need for realistic training

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Building Construction, Competency, Culture, Decision Making, Equipment, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Leadership, Mental Models, Personal Protective Equipment, Repetition, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Simulation, Situational awareness, Situational Readiness, Size Up, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Tacit Knowledge, Teamwork, Training / Rich Gasaway

Episode 14: Interview with Dave Casey, Director of Louisiana State Fire & Emergency Training Institute on the need for realistic training. Length: 57 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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Mission Myopia: A situational awareness barrier

Leave a Comment / Attention Management, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Factors, Repetition, Risk Assessment, Safety, Simulation, Situational awareness, Size Up, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Training, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

Every emergency scene operation should begin with determining the mission (sometimes called strategy) and setting task-level goals (sometimes called tactics). Strategy and tactics establish what is to be done and how it is to be done. For example, at a structure fire, arriving responders are trained to conduct search and rescue operations and to extinguish

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