Teamwork

These are the first responder situational awareness and decision making issues and opportunities related to team work, team coordination and team dynamics.

Surrounded by Fire: The Roree Payment Story – Part 2 (Episode 298)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Building Construction, Close Call, Command Location, Command Support, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Decision Making, Expectations, Experience, Judgment, Mindfulness, Mission, Near Miss, Optimism, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Prediction, Risk, Routines, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Technology, understaffing /

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Clearview Fire & EMS Chief Roree Payment, sharing the details of a residential dwelling fire near-miss where he was caught in a fireball due to rapidly changing, wind-driven conditions. Length: 51 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     __________________________________________________ If […]

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Surrounded by Fire: The Roree Payment Story – Part 1 (Episode 297)

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This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Clearview Fire & EMS Chief Roree Payment, sharing the details of a residential dwelling fire near-miss where he was caught in a fireball due to rapidly changing, wind-driven conditions. Length: 47 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     __________________________________________________ If

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The Impact of Stress on Memory and Recall – Part 2 (Episode 295)

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Frustration, Human Factors, Long-Term Memory, Lost Focus, Meta Awareness, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Overload, Overwhelm, Pressure, Progress Reports, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Short Term Memory, Stress, Teamwork, Tunneled Senses, Workload Management /

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part presentation where we talk about how stress can impact memory and recall. Length: 34 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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The Impact of Stress on Memory and Recall – Part 1 (Episode 294)

Leave a Comment / Cognitive Memory, Confabulation, Confusion, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Frustration, Human Factors, Long-Term Memory, Lost Focus, Meta Awareness, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Overload, Overwhelm, Pressure, Progress Reports, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Selective Listening, Short Term Memory, Stress, Teamwork, Tunneled Senses, Workload Management /

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part presentation where we talk about how stress can impact memory and recall. 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

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Trapped Under a Roof Collapse. The Mike Beutler Story – Part 2 (Episode 293)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attention Management, Attitude, Building Construction, Close Call, Command Presence, Communications, Competency, Complacency, Culture, Decision Making, Experience, Judgment, Mayday, Mission, Mission Myopia, Near Miss, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Radios, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Task Fixation, Teamwork, Tunnel Vision /

This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Mike Beutler as he shares the details of an incident where he was trapped under a roof collapse while working at a commercial building fire. Length: 35 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     __________________________________________________ If you are

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Trapped Under a Roof Collapse. The Mike Beutler Story – Part 1 (Episode 292)

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This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Mike Beutler as he shares the details of an incident where he was trapped under a roof collapse while working at a commercial building fire. Length: 32 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     __________________________________________________ If you are

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Preview of the AskRail® App (Episode 290)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Automation, Benchmarks, Checklists, Command Support, Communications, Decision Making, Equipment, Firefighter Situational Awareness, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Mission, Personnel location, Radios, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Situational Readiness, Size Up, Teamwork, Technology, Worksheets /

In this episode, we interview Retired Fire Chief Charles Warner as he explains the features and benefits of the free AskRail® mobile app. Length: 36 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

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Situational Awareness Matters!

19 Ways Communications Barriers Can Impact Situational Awareness

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If you are a student of near-miss and casualty reports then you know, without a doubt, that flawed communications are a major contributing factor when things go wrong and flawed communications are often a factor when the quality of situational awareness erodes. In fact, flawed communication was the second most frequently cited barrier to flawed

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Situational Awareness Matters!

The Two Headed Incident Commander

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A subscriber to the Situational Awareness Matters newsletter sent me a photograph of an emergency incident scene that caused me to reflect on a very important situational awareness lesson. This lesson, unfortunately, is often overlooked and is often implicated as a contributing factor to near-miss and casualty events. Let’s spend a little time examining workload

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Coffee Talk with Carl Potter from The Safety Institute (Episode 285)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Attitude, Benchmarks, Biases, Cognitive Memory, Communications, Competency, Complacency, Crew Resource Management, Culture, Decision Making, Emotions, Equipment, Expectations, Experience, Goals, Gut Feeling, Human Behavior, Human Error, Human Factors, Judgment, Leadership, Mental Models, Mindfulness, Miscommunications, Mission, Multitasking, Muscle Memory, Near Miss, Optimism, Over Confident, Overload, Overwhelm, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Shared Mental Models, Situational awareness, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Task Fixation, Task Saturation, Teamwork, Technology, Time Distortion, Training, Tunnel Vision, Tunneled Senses, Vigilance, Workload Management /

In this episode, I am interviewed on the Coffee Talk Show with Carl Potter, founder of The Safety Institute.  The Safety Institute is a resource for organizations that want to create workplaces where it’s difficult to get hurt. Length: 68 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     __________________________________________________ If you

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