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Sharing multiple near-miss experiences including being held-up at gunpoint. The Jim Arie Story – Part 1 (Episode 331)

Anger, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Close Call, Competency, Confusion, Decision Making, Denial, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Fear, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Intuition, Lost Focus, Mindfulness, Near Miss, Optimism, Perception, Prediction, Preoccupation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Situational awareness, Size Up, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Task Fixation, Time Distortion, Tunnel Vision, Tunneled Senses / Rich Gasaway

This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part interview where we learn about multiple near-miss events experienced by retired Fire Chief, Jim Arie throughout his 43-year career and he’ll discuss the situational awareness lessons from being held-up at gunpoint in March, 2020. Length: 41 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full video. […]

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Situational Awareness Best Practices for Incident Commanders (Episode 326)

Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Benchmarks, Biases, Building Construction, Checklists, Close Call, Cognitive Memory, Command Location, Command Presence, Command Support, Communications, Competency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Equipment, Expectations, Explicit Knowledge, Goals, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Information overload, Interruptions, Intuition, Long-Term Memory, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Multitasking, Over Confident, Over Staffing, Overload, Overwhelm, Pattern Matching, Perception, Preoccupation, Pressure, Radios, Repetition, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Short Term Memory, Situational awareness, Situational Readiness, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Time Distortion, understaffing, Workload Management, Worksheets / Rich Gasaway

There are three component parts to situational awareness – perception, understanding and prediction. There are barriers that can impact awareness on all three levels. The application of best practices can help incident commanders reduce the impact of barriers. Length: 35 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full video. __________________________________________________ All of our

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Where Does Intuition Come From?

15 Comments / Attention Management, Checklists, Decision Making, Distractions and Interruptions, Emotions, Human Behavior, Information overload, Intuition, Repetition, Safety, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

It is amazing how many articles and videos I have watched lately in which they are talking about decision making based on “gut feel.” It is also disheartening how many first responders I have interviewed who have admitted to me that they have dismissed their gut feelings and proceeded to do things that resulted

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What You Don’t See Can Save You

1 Comment / Article, Assumptions, Attention Management, Auditory exclusion, Decision Making, Human Behavior, Human Factors, Intuition, Meta Awareness, Neuroscience, Prediction, Safety, Size Up, Tacit Knowledge / Rich Gasaway

I dedicate a lot of time during my situational awareness programs ensuring that first responders understand how clues and cues serve as the foundation for developing and maintaining good situational awareness. We also spend considerable time making the connection of how strong situational awareness becomes the foundation for good decision making. For the most part,

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Overconfidence – A Dangerous Minefield (Episode 296)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attitude, Automatic Action, Competency, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Denial, Ego, Expectations, Experience, Explicit Knowledge, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Incompetence, Judgment, Leadership, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Optimism, Over Confident, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Tacit Knowledge, Under Confident / Rich Gasaway

In this episode, we review the Overconfidence chapter of my new book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety. Length: 28 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

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Interview with Adam Kinakin, host of The Tactical Breakdown Podcast Show – Part 2 (Episode 279)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assertiveness, Attitude, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Competency, Culture, Decision Making, Experience, Fear, Intuition, Judgment, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Neuroscience, Overwhelm, Perception, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Teamwork, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with the host of The Tactical Breakdown Podcast, Adam Kinakin, discussing the importance of situational awareness in high-risk decision-making scenarios Length: 52 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and

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Interview with Adam Kinakin, host of The Tactical Breakdown Podcast Show – Part 1 (Episode 278)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Attitude, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Competency, Culture, Decision Making, Experience, Fear, Intuition, Judgment, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Mission Myopia, Neuroscience, Overwhelm, Perception, Prediction, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Teamwork, Vigilance / Rich Gasaway

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with the host of The Tactical Breakdown Podcast, Adam Kinakin, discussing the importance of situational awareness in high-risk decision-making scenarios Length: 50 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and

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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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Tacit Knowledge

1 Comment / Article, Assumptions, Decision Making, Emotions, Experience, Human Behavior, Intuition, Prediction, Repetition, Safety, Tacit Knowledge, Training / Rich Gasaway

As you traverse through life, you are constantly gathering and assessing information. This is accomplished though sensory input (seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling). The senses are always on, always capturing data. Sometimes you are aware of the data being captured and sometimes you’re not. Sometimes you’re able to readily recall stored data and sometimes

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Virtual Reality Simulations – The Paul Speight Interview. (Episode 263)

Leave a Comment / Automation, Cognitive Memory, Competency, Culture, Decision Making, Equipment, Expectations, Explicit Knowledge, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Human Behavior, Mental Models, Muscle Memory, Neuroscience, Pattern Matching, Perception Of Reality, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Simulation, Stress, Tacit Knowledge, Technology, Training / Rich Gasaway

During this interview, Paul Speight from the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service in the United Kingdom shares how his department is developing virtual reality simulations to train first responders. Length: 72 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness

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