Episode 408
The fire service is struggling with recruiting and retention. It’s also challenged by a mental health crisis and a growing apathy within the profession. The good news is, we have the power to fix it. Working in a team environment provides job satisfaction, psychological safety, and a feeling of community. Fire service leaders have the responsibility of developing teams; so, Dr. JT wrote a book on how to Forge Your Team.
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Length: 66 minutes
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Episode 407
In this episode, Dr. Gasaway discusses how to accelerating leadership growth and impact with Sean Glaze, author of Rapid Teamwork, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates, and Staying Coachable.
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Length: 80 minutes
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Episode 406
In this interview, Dr. Gasaway talks with Jeff Dill about the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance and their work to reduce firefighter suicides.
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Length: 43 minutes
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Episode 405
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 404
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Length: 64 minutes
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Episode 403
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Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 402
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Length: 58 minutes
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Episode 401
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Length: 65 minutes
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Episode 400
Dr. Gasaway, along with some special guests, celebrate the milestone of reaching our 400thepisode.
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Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 399
In this episode, Dr. Gasaway interviews Vince Mulray, retired Philadelphia Deputy Chief, discussing the 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train #188 traveling from Washington DC to New York City.
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Length: 80 minutes
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Episode 398
Length: 65 minutes
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Episode 397
Length: 71 minutes
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Episode 396
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Length: 71 minutes
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Episode 395
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Length: 85 minutes
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Episode 394
In this episode, Dr. Gasaway talks with Andy Bozzo, co-founder of Tablet Command mobile incident management software. Tablet Command is a mobile incident command and response solution that increases situational awareness, speeds incident response, streamlines incident management and improves firefighter accountability. With Tablet Command, an incident commander can tap and drag responding apparatus onto an emergency scene, track progress against critical checklists, and time-stamp every maneuver and benchmark throughout an incident.
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Length: 72 minutes
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Episode 393
This episode is provides first responders a look into a treatment option for Post Traumatic Event Brain Injuries called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Dr. Deborah Korn, PsyD, an internationally renowned pioneer and expert in EMDR Therapy and author of the book Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal explains the EMDR process in detail.
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Length: 92 minutes
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Episode 392
Captain Saul shared his experience from beig burned while searching for a trapped child in a row home fire in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Length: 65 minutes
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Episode 391
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Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 390
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Length: 41 minutes
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Episode 389
This episode is an interview is with Dr. James Densley, discussing his book: The Violence Project: How to stop a mass shooting epidemic.
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Length: 64 minutes
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Episode 388
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Length: 66 minutes
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Episode 387
This episode is an interview with Bob Bemis, a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper who was struck and severely injured while attending to a vehicle fire on I-81 in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Length: 59 minutes
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Episode 386
This interview is with Magnum Bower, a heavy duty tow truck operator who survived being struck on a roadway incident, resulting in him becoming a quadriplegic.
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 385
This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Eugene-Springfield Fire Battalion Chief Chris Paskett sharing details of a first-in engine crew at a working structure fire taking on gunfire.
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Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 384
This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Eugene-Springfield Fire Battalion Chief Chris Paskett sharing details of a first-in engine crew at a working structure fire taking on gunfire.
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Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 383
In this episode, a special guest presents twelve tips to improve situational awareness while working in high-risk, high consequence environments.
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Length: 25 minutes
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Episode 382
This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Akron (OH) Fire Lieutenant Jarred Alden shares what we need to know about homemade explosive devices, blast effect, treating blast injury victims, and more.
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Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 381
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview Akron (OH) Fire Lieutenant Jarred Alden shares what we need to know about homemade explosive devices, blast effect, treating blast injury victims, and more.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 380
This episode is an interview with John Gonzalez from Florian Re Apparatus, a company focused on improving responder safety on roadway incidents.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 379
This episode interviews a man whose situational awareness and intuition helped him prevent a mass shooting event in Boise, Idaho.
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Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 378
This episode shares the story of a firefighter who was burned during a vehicle fire training scenario.
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Length: 59 minutes
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Episode 377
This is part 2 of a 2-part episode where we chronicle the tragic murder of a first responder’s daughter and discuss the Ojibwe funeral traditions.
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Length: 48 minutes
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Episode 376
This is part 1 of a 2-part episode where we chronicle the tragic murder of a first responder’s daughter and discuss the Ojibwe funeral traditions.
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Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 375
In this episode, we discuss the traditional decision making process.
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Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 374
In this episode, we discuss how communications issues can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 373
In this episode, we discuss how staffing issues can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 372
In this episode, we discuss how thinking past, present and future can improve situational awareness.
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Length: 13 minutes
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Episode 371
In this episode, we discuss how simulations can improve situational awareness.
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Length: 16 minutes
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Episode 370
In this episode, we discuss how expectations influence situational awareness.
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Length: 13 minutes
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Episode 369
In this episode, we preview the complacency chapter from the book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 17 minutes
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Episode 368
In this episode, we preview the distractions and interruptions chapter from the book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 23 minutes
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Episode 367
In this episode, we preview the short-term memory chapter from the book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 19 minutes
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Episode 366
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part episode where Dr. Donnie explores the health and wellness qualities that make for successful first responders at work and at home.
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Length: 46 minutes
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Episode 365
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part episode where Dr. Donnie explores the health and wellness qualities that make for successful first responders at work and at home.
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Length: 41 minutes
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Episode 364
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part episode where Firefighter-Paramedic John Moore continues the story of how his life was changed forever after an off-duty accident resulted in a permanent paralyzing spinal cord injury.
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Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 363
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part episode where Firefighter-Paramedic John Moore shares the story of how his life was changed forever after an off-duty accident resulted in a permanent paralyzing spinal cord injury.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 362
This episode is a flashback to to episode 110 where I shared some of the more commonly asked questions that come up during live Situational Awareness events.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 361
In this episode we discuss six red flags for danger that may get overlooked or ignored at a structure fire.
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Length: 18 minutes
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Episode 360
In this episode explores how situational awareness may be impacted when the first arriving officer establishes a “working command.”
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Length: 19 minutes
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Episode 359
This episode is a flashback to to episode 111 where shared 19 ways that communications issues can impact Situational Awareness.
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Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 358
This episode is a flashback to to episode 105 where we put the shoe on the other foot… and I am interviewed by Chris Crawford is a firefighter with the Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Fire Department and a Public Administration major at Point Park University. Chris was writing a paper on firefighter training for his Applications of Fire Research Class and asked to interview me about how to ensure firefighters are properly prepared for the job with consideration for what some might refer to non-realistic conditions during controlled burn evolutions.
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Length: 48 minutes
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Episode 357
This episode is a flashback to to episode 101 where we interview four members of the Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Fire Department who experienced a near-miss event when the platform on Truck 7 came into contact with a 33 kV transmission line during a routine truck check at the station.
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Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 356
This episode explores our basic human desire to be liked and respected. Not only do we want to be liked, but we also have a very strong internal drive to avoid embarrassment. These traits of human behavior can result in peer pressure that can, in turn, impact your situational awareness.
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Length: 17 minutes
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Episode 355
This episode explores the capacity of the human brain to process sensory stimuli into short-term memory and the impact it can have on situational awareness.
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Length: 16 minutes
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Episode 354
This episode is a flashback to episode 92 where we discuss and incident that occurred on June 2, 2011, when the San Francisco Fire Department suffered the tragic loss of 2 firefighters at 133 Berkeley Way. The episode shares some valuable situational awareness lessons from this tragic incident.
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Length: 20 minutes
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Episode 353
Perhaps you’ve heard it said that we are creatures of habit. The more we do something over and over again, the more likely that behavior will be turned into a habit. This episodes explores how we create habits.
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Length: 18 minutes
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Episode 352
In this episode we explore the neuroscience behind causes your “gut feeling” – Intuition – and why you might want to pay attention to it.
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Length: 11 minutes
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Episode 351
This episode is a flashback to episode 79 where we discuss the process for competency development and introduces the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a cognitive bias whereby unskilled people suffer from the illusion of having superior skills and knowledge.
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Length: 17 minutes
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Episode 350
This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Deputy Chief John Vanatta discussing a training exercise that went wrong and resulted in two firefighter injuries after falling 10 feet on to concrete.
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Length: 58 minutes
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Episode 349
This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Deputy Chief John Vanatta discussing a training exercise that went wrong and resulted in two firefighter injuries after falling 10 feet on to concrete.
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Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 348
On March 27, 2015, Cypress Creek District Chief Jason Corthell was trapped and injured during a fire where a stairwell unexpectedly collapsed at an apartment building fire in Texas. This the follow-up story of his road to physical and mental recovery. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode.
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Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 347
On March 27, 2015, Cypress Creek District Chief Jason Corthell was trapped and injured during a fire where a stairwell unexpectedly collapsed at an apartment building fire in Texas. This the follow-up story of his road to physical and mental recovery. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 346
This episode explores the challenges workers face while operating in dynamically changing conditions that require sharing attention to multiple, concurrent activities – a.k.a., multitasking.
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Length: 25 minutes
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Episode 345
In this episode, Dr. Gasaway’s son, Cameron, a career firefighter with the Madison (Wisconsin) Fire Department, shares lessons learned during his first five years on the job.
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Length: 67 minutes
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Episode 344
This episode is a flashback to episode 142 where we interview Captain Ricky Mehaffey from the Waynesville NC Fire Department as he chronicles his near-miss survival story where 3 firefighters almost died at a “routine” chimney fire.
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Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 343
This episode is a flashback to episode 45 and our interview with Captain Dave Martin. On August 11, 2007, Captain Martin and his partner were over run by a fast-moving wildland fire. On retreat, his partner became entangled on a barbed wire fence. Captain Martin used a utility knife to cut away his partner’s ensnarled clothing and they both narrowly escaped death.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 342
This episode explores how your brain can make up, or confabulate, its own reality.
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Length: 15 minutes
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Episode 341
This episode is part 2 of a two-part interview with Ashville (NC) Fire Chief Scott Burnette, sharing the details and perspective on the LODD of Captain Jeff Bowen.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 340
This episode is part 1 of a two-part interview with Ashville (NC) Fire Chief Scott Burnette, sharing the details and perspective on the LODD of Captain Jeff Bowen.
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Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 339
In this episode I sat down for an interview with Shawnee (KS) Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Pyle to discuss a residential structure incident that resulted in the death of Firefighter John Glaser. Ryan discusses the details of this tragic incident and the lessons his department learned from it. This episode is part 2 of a two-part show so be sure to also listen to episode 338.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 338
In this episode I sat down for an interview with Shawnee (KS) Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Pyle to discuss a residential structure incident that resulted in the death of Firefighter John Glaser. Ryan discusses the details of this tragic incident and the lessons his department learned from it. This episode is part 1 of a two-part show so be sure to also listen to episode 339.
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Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 337
This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him.
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 336
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him.
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Length: 68 minutes
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Episode 335
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Elyria Fire Captain Joe Pronesti responded to a fire alarm activation call on a college campus. The first arriving engine reported heavy smoke coming from multiple buildings. In search of the source of the smoke, crews would learn the fire was in a tunnel that connected multiple buildings on the campus – A tunnel that Joe would barely make it out of alive.
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Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 334
Scott Gieselhart served 24 years as a firefighter in Frazee, Minnesota. Along the way, several incidents contributed to Scott developing a Post Traumatic Stress Injury that resulted in him becoming a meth addict and attempting suicide. Then Scott found help and through a treatment known as EMDR, his PTSI was healed and how he serves as a mental health counsellor. This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part show.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 333
Scott Gieselhart served 24 years as a firefighter in Frazee, Minnesota. Along the way, several incidents contributed to Scott developing a Post Traumatic Stress Injury that resulted in him becoming a meth addict and attempting suicide. Then Scott found help and through a treatment known as EMDR, his PTSI was healed and how he serves as a mental health counsellor. This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part show.
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Length: 4o minutes
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Episode 332
Throughout his 43-year career, retired fire chief Jim Arie had experienced multiple near-miss events. He’ll discuss a few of them but none were as sobering as the one that occurred in March 2020, when Jim and his wife were held-up at gunpoint in their driveway and their car was stolen. This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part show.
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Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 331
Throughout his 43-year career, retired fire chief Jim Arie had experienced multiple near-miss events. He’ll discuss a few of them but none were as sobering as the one that occurred in March 2020, when Jim and his wife were held-up at gunpoint in their driveway and their car was stolen. This episode is part 1 of a 2-part show.
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Length: 41 minutes
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Episode 330
While there are more than 100 barriers that can flaw situational awareness, this episode focuses on 7 that can be particularly challenging to first responders.
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Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 329
You might think that by now the importance of completing a 360-degree size-up would be second nature for firefighters. But it’s not. In fact, failing to complete a proper size-up remains one of the most often cited contributing factors in NIOSH Line-of-Duty death reports. There are lots of reasons why proper size-ups are not completed. Here we will explore 10 of them.
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Length: 12 minutes
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Episode 328
The pandemic has been tough on everyone, especially first responders who have stepped up to the task. But for many first response agencies, the worst is yet to come as the economic fallout will likely create budget shortfalls that will, in turn, cause fire departments to reduce staffing and services. This show looks at the impact of reduced staffing on safety.
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Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 327
Bravado is defined as “a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.” A co-worker or boss displaying bravado can be dangerous because their need to impress or intimidate can cause them to miss critical clues and cues and flaw their situational awareness.
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Length: 12 minutes
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Episode 326
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.
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Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 325
The fear of public speaking consistently ranks near the top of the list in fear surveys. This won’t come as a surprise for many. But the consequences of not speaking up can be catastrophic for organizations and for the individual gripped by this fear. This episode explores the fear of public speaking and offers some solutions.
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Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 324
Misty Worrell and her partner on Cypress Creek EMS responded to a medical call that would result in two fatalities and the EMS crew being exposed to deadly Methyl Bromide. Because there is no cure for Methyl Bromide poisoning, Misty, a mother of five children, was instructed to get her affairs in order as she could be dead within 2 weeks. This is part 2 of a 2-part interview.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 323
Misty Worrell and her partner on Cypress Creek EMS responded to a medical call that would result in two fatalities and the EMS crew being exposed to deadly Methyl Bromide. Because there is no cure for Methyl Bromide poisoning, Misty, a mother of five children, was instructed to get her affairs in order as she could be dead within 2 weeks. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview.
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Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 322
The mission of the Operational Mindset Foundation is to mentally, physically and emotionally prepare those who choose to place themselves in harm’s way every day for the benefit of others… and give them the opportunity to experience what safe feels like when they return home.
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Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 321
Situational awareness barriers block a worker’s ability to perceive, understand or predict. I have uncovered and researched more than a hundred barriers to awareness. This episode talks about two of the barriers – sensory conflict and mind drift. We also briefly discuss the process for predicting future events.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 320
In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016, Chesterfield County Fire & EMS responded to a residential fire on Wicklow Lane that would result in fire civilian fire fatalities, including 2 children. This three-part interview chronicles the event, the situational awareness challenges and the lessons learned from the first-in captain and the first arriving battalion chief. This episode is a replay of Episode 198, part one of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 41 minutes
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Episode 319
In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016, Chesterfield County Fire & EMS responded to a residential fire on Wicklow Lane that would result in fire civilian fire fatalities, including 2 children. This three-part interview chronicles the event, the situational awareness challenges and the lessons learned from the first-in captain and the first arriving battalion chief. This episode is a replay of Episode 198, part one of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 318
In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016, Chesterfield County Fire & EMS responded to a residential fire on Wicklow Lane that would result in fire civilian fire fatalities, including 2 children. This three-part interview chronicles the event, the situational awareness challenges and the lessons learned from the first-in captain and the first arriving battalion chief. This episode is a replay of Episode 198, part one of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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Episode 317
This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part show where I address more than 40 questions asked during/after the presentation shared in episode #315 where we discussed the process for developing and maintaining situational awareness.
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Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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Episode 316
This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part show where I address more than 40 questions asked during/after the presentation shared in episode #315 where we discussed the process for developing and maintaining situational awareness.
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Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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Episode 315
During this Pandemic, I have heard the term situational awareness spoken more times than I can ever remember. Media pundits, medical experts, emergency managers – they’re all telling us it’s important to maintain situational awareness. In one respect, this warms my heart because situational awareness has been my passion topic for more than 15 years.
But in other respects, it causes me to worry because most people have very little understanding about what situational awareness is or how to develop and maintain it. This program takes the mystery out of the concept and explains it all.
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Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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Episode 314
In this episode, we explore three types of stress you might experience resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic including: Acute stress, episodic acute stress, and chronic stress.
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Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 313
In this episode, I share situational awareness thoughts and observations about the COVID-19 Pandemic and address 25 situational awareness barriers that are causing me concern.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 312
Lieutenant Jeff Dickey has served the Washington, D.C. Fire Department for more than 30 years. Jeff was an acting officer during an incident where a DC firefighter was killed and Jeff was on the crew that recovered his body.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 311
Laverne Friesen was a guest on Episodes 301 and 302, talking about his mental health near-miss. Upon the completion of the recording, he mentioned to me that his wife has a powerful story to share about how this journey has impacted her and their relationship. This is their joint mental health mayday story. You may want to also go back and listen to his previous interview which contains many additional details not included in this interview. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 310
Laverne Friesen was a guest on Episodes 301 and 302, talking about his mental health near-miss. Upon the completion of the recording, he mentioned to me that his wife has a powerful story to share about how this journey has impacted her and their relationship. This is their joint mental health mayday story. You may want to also go back and listen to his previous interview which contains many additional details not included in this interview. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 309
Battalion Chief Troy Elmore, Firefighter/Acting Captain Brian Oullette, and Firefighter/EMT Jason Shuck share their powerful story and lessons learned from becoming victims of carbon monoxide poisoning while operating on the scene of an EMS call on September 11, 2019. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview.
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Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 308
This interview with Battalion Chief Troy Elmore, Firefighter/Acting Captain Brian Oullette, and Firefighter/EMT Jason Shuck shares their powerful story and lessons learned from becoming victims of carbon monoxide poisoning while operating on the scene of an EMS call on September 11, 2019. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.
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Length: 43 minutes
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Episode 307
The fire service continues to be plagued by occupational health risks that have been directly related to the rigors of firefighting. The author has written about and published on these extensively terming it the three-legged stool. The three legs of the stool are fire service cardiovascular deaths and disability, occupational cancer threats and behavioral health disorders including suicide.
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Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 306
Today’s episode is Part 2 of my 2-part interview with John Russ, Program Director for the IAFC Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System.
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Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 305
Today’s episode is Part 1 of my 2-part interview with John Russ, Program Director for the IAFC Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System.
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Length: 48 minutes
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Episode 304
Today’s episode is Part 2 of my 2-part interview with three command officers from the Atascocita Fire Department in Houston, Texas, sharing a story of a commercial building fire that resulted in a mayday.
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Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 303
Today’s episode is Part 1 of my 2-part interview with three command officers from the Atascocita Fire Department in Houston, Texas, sharing a story of a commercial building fire that resulted in a mayday.
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Length: 67 minutes
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Episode 302
Today’s episode is Part 2 of my 2-part interview with Laverne Friesen, a first responder who is confronting the stigma of mental illness head-on as he shares his first-hand account of how work-related stress was leading him down a dark path toward suicide. He shares intimate details of what that experience was like, how it impacted his family, and how treatment by a mental health professional saved his life.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 301
Today’s episode is Part 1 of my 2-part interview with Laverne Friesen, a first responder who is confronting the stigma of mental illness head-on as he shares his first-hand account of how work-related stress was leading him down a dark path toward suicide. He shares intimate details of what that experience was like, how it impacted his family, and how treatment by a mental health professional saved his life.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 300
In this episode, I interview the foremost fire service expert on fighting “heavy content” fires (aka, hoarded environments). The interview is packed with great ideas for first responders, and some tips for family members who are dealing with a family member afflicted with a hoarding disorder.
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Length: 57 minutes
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Episode 299
This episode is an interview with Midwest Fire Vice President and General Manager Brett Jensen, discussing the Midwest Fire way of doing business.
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Length: 58 minutes
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Episode 298
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.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 297
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.
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Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 296
In this episode, we review the Overconfidence chapter of my new book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 295
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part presentation where we talk about how stress can impact memory and recall.
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Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 294
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part presentation where we talk about how stress can impact memory and recall.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 293
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.
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Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 292
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.
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Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 291
In this episode, I interview Spartanburg Fire Lieutenant, Ron Hunter, as he recounts the mayday and RIT activation after being trapped under a collapsed ceiling at an apartment building fire.
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Length: 71 minutes
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Episode 290
In this episode, we interview Retired Fire Chief Charles Warner as he explains the features and benefits of the free AskRail® mobile app.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 289
In this episode, I preview the Task Fixation chapter from my new book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 288
In this episode, I preview the Auditory Exclusion chapter from my new book, How Smart Workers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 287
In this episode, West Chester Captain Randy Hanifen shared the details of a near-miss inside a residential dwelling fire where, if circumstances were just slightly different, he might have been killed in a flashover.
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 286
In this episode, Brentwood Battalion Chief Brian Collins shares a story about how he almost died when the door on the apparatus he was riding in unexpectedly opened while responding to a call.
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Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 285
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.
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Length: 68 minutes
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Episode 284
In this episode, I interview Firefighter Chris Tobin as we discuss the need to have a mindset of aggressiveness.
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Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 283
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Chris and Sam Adams discussing their book, Life and Death Matters: Professionalism and Decision-Making for the First Responder.
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Length: 48 minutes
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Episode 282
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Chris and Sam Adams discussing their book, Life and Death Matters: Professionalism and Decision-Making for the First Responder.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 281
In this episode, Fire Chief (ret.) Charles Werner discusses how drone technology can be used to enhance first responder situational awareness and improve access to critical decision making information.
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Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 280
In this episode, South King County Fire & Rescue Captain Alex Charoni discusses his passion for determining the root cause of near-miss events and the approach his department is taking to improve firefighter safety.
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Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 279
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
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Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 278
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
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 277
This episode discusses how easy it can be to get into a comfortable rut of complacency.
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Length: 20 minutes
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Episode 276
This episode explores the processes used by high reliability organizations.
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Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 275
This episode explores the traits of high reliability organizations.
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Length: 25 minutes
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Episode 274
This episode discusses how positive and negative clues and cues influence the development of situational awareness.
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Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 273
This episode discusses how complacency can creep into our work, impact vigilance and flaw situational awareness.
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Length: 23 minutes
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Episode 272
This episode discusses the importance of radio discipline in developing and maintaining situational awareness.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 271
This episode discusses what situational awareness is and why it is so important in the workplace.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 270
This episode discusses how pre-conception can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 19 minutes
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Episode 269
This episode discusses the connection between time distortion and situational awareness.
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Length: 20 minutes
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Episode 268
Topic: Training For Failure
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Episode 267
Topic: The Perfect Storm
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Episode 266
In this interview, Matt Marlow shares how his late arrival on a structure fire led to a complacent mindset and caused him to fall through the floor at a residential structure fire.
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Length: 78 minutes
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Episode 265
Topic: Pre-Arrival Lens
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Episode 264
Topic: Stress
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Episode 263
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.
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Length: 72 minutes
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Episode 262
If you have the ambition to host a program on situational awareness for your department or region, this is a must-watch episode. We will share the secret sauce for how you can host a one or two-day event that costs your department nothing.
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Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 261
Listen in as firefighter Tom Ehlers and fire chief Wesley Cole share their story about a fire incident where Tom was struck by a falling 14k volt power line on the scene of a fire. Part 2 of the interview.
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Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 260
Listen in as firefighter Tom Ehlers and fire chief Wesley Cole share their story about a fire incident where Tom was struck by a falling 14k volt power line on the scene of a fire.
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 259
The Situational Awareness Matters signature program was presented live at the Ponderosa Fire Department in Houston Texas. This episode is a peek into a segment of the program.
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Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 258
This interview is part 3 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned.
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Length: 65 minutes
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Episode 257
This interview is part 2 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned.
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Length: 57 minutes
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Episode 256
This interview is part 1 of a 3-part series detailing the events surrounding Thornton Fire-Medic Roy Lapid mayday call, rescue from the basement and lessons learned.
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Length: 68 minutes
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Episode 255
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 in the middle of a major disaster that killed 3 people and injured 62 others.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 254
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.
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Length: 42 minutes
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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.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 252
This episode is an interview with Dr. Burt Clark, discussing the notion of first responders who assume risk versus first responders who create risk. The discussion addresses a number of safety topics important to first responders.
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Length: 76 minutes
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Episode 251
This episode is part 3 of a 3-part interview with the incident commander from the German Township Fire Department who was in charge of a residential dwelling fire where a backdraft occurred followed by a Mayday call.
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Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 250
This episode is part 2 of a 3-part interview with the incident commander from the German Township Fire Department who was in charge of a residential dwelling fire where a backdraft occurred followed by a Mayday call.
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Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 249
This episode is part 1 of a 3-part interview with the incident commander from the German Township Fire Department who was in charge of a residential dwelling fire where a backdraft occurred followed by a Mayday call.
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Length: 67 minutes
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Episode 248
In this episode, I recap the events surrounding our most downloaded near-miss interviews in the history of the show.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 247
In this episode, we discuss how workers can improve their safety by using mental rehearsals.
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Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 246
In this episode, you get to sit in on a segment of a situational awareness program where Dr. Gasaway discusses four situational awareness barriers.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 245
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.
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Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 244
In this episode, a special guest presents twelve ways to improve situational awareness while working in high-risk, high consequence environments.
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Length: 25 minutes
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Episode 243
This episode explores 7 ways to accelerate your knowledge acquisition through purposeful development of cognitive scripts.
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Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 242
This is part 2 of a 2-part story about an amazing near-miss event where, if their decision to exit was delayed by only a few seconds, it would have likely resulted in a double line-of-duty death.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 241
This is part 1 of a 2-part story about an amazing near-miss event where, if their decision to exit was delayed by only a few seconds, it would have likely resulted in a double line-of-duty death.
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Length: 38 minutes
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Episode 240
In this episode, Cypress Creek Lieutenant Jason Corthell shares his close call survival story where he was operating on the second floor of an exterior stairwell at an apartment building fire. The stairwell, not involved in fire at all, unexpectedly collapsed, trapping Lieutenant Corthell and District Chief Sanchez under tons of steel and concrete. A mayday was called and a rapid intervention crew was able to remove the debris and successfully rescue the two firefighters
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 239
This episode discusses how easy it is for first responders to adopt a judgmental mindset and miss important lessons that can improve situational awareness.
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Length: 17 minutes
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Episode 238
This episode is a flashback episode where Fire Chief Ken Prillaman shared his near-miss story where complacency at an EMS call almost resulted in a catastrophe.
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Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 237
This episode is a flashback episode where Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer shared his near-miss story at a commercial building fire in Spokane, Washington.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 236
This episode is a flashback episode where Firefighter John Dantuono shared his near-miss story where he was saved from falling though a roof by his SCBA bottle.
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Length: 43 minutes
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Episode 235
This episode is a flashback episode where Firefighter Richard Marcus recounts the day the apparatus he was riding in struck a tree while returning from a call.
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Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 234
This episode discusses some of the most challenging barriers to situational awareness while working in high-risk, high-consequence environments. This is part 2 so if you missed part 1 – Episode 233 – be sure to check it out first and that will help you understand the challenges we are going to discuss here.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 233
The episode discusses the process for developing and maintaining situational awareness. We will discuss the foundation, walls and roof of the SA development process. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 232
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle from the Franklin, New Hampshire Fire Department sharing the details of mayday event that occurred in Franklin.
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Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 231
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle from the Franklin, New Hampshire Fire Department sharing the details of mayday event that occurred in Franklin.
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Length: 60 minutes
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Episode 230
The brain does not like confusion and in the absence of factual information it can make up its own reality, notwithstanding what true reality is. This episode explains how it happens and shares one police officer’s story of how he almost shot an unarmed man.
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Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 229
Firefighter Jonathan Hancock found himself alone, unexpectedly, in the middle of a residential dwelling fire. This is his story about how it happened and his lessons learned.
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Length: 46 minutes
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Episode 228
This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him.
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Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 227
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Perry Hall, a firefighter who shared his story of a horrific near-miss event and the life-changing impact it has had on him.
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Length: 72 minutes
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Episode 226
This episode is a review of the lessons learned from the August 5, 2014 structure fire incident that killed Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Middlebrook.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 225
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part interview with firefighter Chris Baker, sharing a near-miss event at a Chevron Richmond Refinery in California.
Disclaimer: The comments shared during this interview are of the individual and do not represent the views of any company, employer or agency.
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Length: 46 minutes
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Episode 224
This episode is part 1 of a 2-part interview with firefighter Chris Baker, sharing a near-miss event at a Chevron Richmond Refinery in California.
Disclaimer: The comments shared during this interview are of the individual and do not represent the views of any company, employer or agency.
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Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 223
This episode discusses how interruptions can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 16 minutes
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Episode 222
This episode revisits Part 2 of an interview with Indianapolis Health & Safety Chief Doug Abernathy discussing his near-miss at the Athletic Club Hotel fire on February 5, 1992.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 221
This episode revisits Part 1 of an interview with Indianapolis Health & Safety Chief Doug Abernathy discussing his near-miss at the Athletic Club Hotel fire on February 5, 1992.
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Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 220
This episode revisits Part 2 of an interview conducted September 15, 2014 with Captain John Lightly from the Youngstown (Ohio) Fire Department about his near-miss event.
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Length: 76 minutes
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Episode 219
This episode revisits Part 1 of an interview conducted September 15, 2014 with Captain John Lightly from the Youngstown (Ohio) Fire Department about his near-miss event.
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Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 218
This episode revisits an interview conducted on September 1, 2014 with Sean Dolan from the Aurora (Colorado) Fire Department about his near-miss event.
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Length: 78 minutes
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Episode 217
This episode explores how over staffing can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 216
This episode examines how task fixation can impact situational awareness while working in high-risk environments.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 215
This episode is Part 2 of a two-part near-miss interview with Chicopee Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Beauregard.
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 214
This episode is Part 1 of a two-part near-miss interview with Chicopee Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Beauregard.
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Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 213
This episode is Part 2 of a two-part interview with Twinsburg (Ohio) Fire-Medic Jim Woolf.
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Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 212
This episode is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Twinsburg (Ohio) Fire-Medic Jim Woolf.
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Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 211
This episode celebrates the 4th anniversary of the SAMatters show and chronicles the history of the founder and his tireless mission to improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making.
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 210
This episode shares observations and lessons learned from the 2018 International Fire Department Instructors Conference.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 209
In this episode we discuss how tacit knowledge helps in the formation of situational awareness and high-risk decision making.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 208
In this episode we discuss the importance of team situational awareness and how it can improve or impact safety.
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Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 207
This episode examines how selective listening can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 206
This episode examines how competing goals can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 205
This episode examines how frustration can impact your situational awareness.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 204
This episode explores how assumptions can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 203
When we are operating under conditions of stress and consequence, coupled with changing conditions and time compression, we can feel a sense of urgency and this can cause us to want to take a shortcut from safety best practices.
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Length: 29 minute
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Episode 202
The episode explores how relationship bias can impact situational awareness.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 201
In this episode, we explore what happens when faced with unexpected situations and your brain tries to make sense of the unexpected.
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Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 200
This episode is the third (and final) segment of an interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 199
This episode is part two of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 198
This episode is part one of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 197
This episode is part two of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 196
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Assistant Chief Jason Bonney from the Central Jackson Fire Protection District.
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Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 195
This episode is part two of an interview with Christo Motz, a board member for the Crisis Response Journal.
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Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 194
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with Christo Motz, a board member for the Crisis Response Journal.
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Length: 59 minutes
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Episode 193
In this episode we discuss the cognitive bias known as herd mentality (or herd behavior).
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Length: 31 minutes
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Episode 192
This episode is an interview with DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore. Chief Creekmore was the third-in unit to the December 18, 2017 Amtrak train derailment in Washington state.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 191
This episode is Part 2 of my interview with Norfolk Assistant Fire Chief John DiBacco talking about the after-action review process used by Norfolk Fire to learn lessons from significant incidents.
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Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 190
Episode 190 is Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Norfolk Assistant Fire Chief John DiBacco talking about the after-action review process used by Norfolk Fire to learn lessons from significant incidents.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 189
This episode discusses the cognitive overload that can occur when there is too much verbal information to process.
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Length: 31 minutes
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Episode 188
This episode discusses what happens when the information you gather during size-up do not fit your expectations of what you thought you were going to see or hear.
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Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 187
This episode discusses how training employees to written standards may actually harm decision making.
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Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 186
This episode discusses some of the strange consequences of stress, including how employees may say untruthful things without knowing it.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 185
This episode is part 3 of a 3-part interview with two members of the St. Charles Fire Department (Missouri) discussing a near-miss where four firefighters were overrun by rapidly changing conditions at a residential dwelling fire.
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Length: 48 minutes
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Episode 184
This episode is part 2 of a 3-part interview with two members of the St. Charles Fire Department (Missouri) discussing a near-miss where four firefighters were overrun by rapidly changing conditions at a residential dwelling fire.
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Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 183
This episode is part 1 of a 3-part interview with two members of the St. Charles Fire Department (Missouri) discussing a near-miss where four firefighters were overrun by rapidly changing conditions at a residential dwelling fire.
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Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 182
This episode is part 2 of an interview with three members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department discussing recruit training, using science to teach firefighting and more.
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Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 181
This episode is part 1 of an interview with three members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department discussing recruit training, using science to teach firefighting and more.
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Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 180
This episode explores how accountability can improve situational awareness.
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Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 179
This episode explores how coordinated actions can improve situational awareness.
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Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 178
This episode explores the impact that tunnel vision can have on the development of situational awareness.
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Length: 31 minutes
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Episode 177
This episode explores how knowing the time to task completion can aid in the development of situational awareness.
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Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 176
This episode explores the role that imagination plays in the formation of situational awareness.
Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 175
This episode explores how the positive reinforcement of undesired behavior can impact first responder safety.
Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 174
This episode explores the challenges of how complex communications can impact situational awareness.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 173
This episode explores the challenges of how bravado can impact situational awareness.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 172
This episode explores the challenges of how confirmation bias can impact situational awareness.
Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 171
This episode explores how our expectations can create stress and how stress can lead to task fixation, contribute to tunnel vision and cause a host of other situational awareness problems.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 170
Brad Davidson is an industrial firefighter who was conducting an inspection on a furnace when his intuition told him something was wrong. This episode chronicles how trusting his intuition may have saved his life.
Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 169
Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is the final segment of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 168
Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 4 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity.
Length: 23 minutes
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Episode 167
Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 3 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 166
Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 2 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity.
Length: 25 minutes
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Episode 165
Albert Einstein is credited with saying “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” This is Part 1 of a 5-part series that explores situational awareness insanity.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 164
One of the most challenging parts of situational awareness development is making accurate predictions about what is going to happen in the future. This is one of the most often overlooked components of situational awareness development and the outcome can be catastrophic.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 163
Captain Bob Mayes, Captain John Ripley and Deputy Chief Greg Wormser were on the first-alarm assignment to a report of a residential dwelling fire. As the incident progressed conditions changed which resulted in a significant near-miss event. This is part 2 of a two-part interview.
Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 162
Captain Bob Mayes, Captain John Ripley and Deputy Chief Greg Wormser were on the first-alarm assignment to a report of a residential dwelling fire. As the incident progressed, conditions changed, which resulted in a significant near-miss event. This is part 1 of a two-part interview.
Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 161
The Soldier Township Fire Department responded to a large brush fire. The incident was unexpectedly interrupted by a tornado that caused crews to scramble for cover.
Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 160
On December 19, 2016, the Virginia (Minnesota) Fire Department responded to a multi-family residential dwelling fire where a smoke explosion occurred.
Length: 59 minutes
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Episode 159
This episode is the final installment of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the synergist mindset.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 158
This episode is part eight of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the slacker mindset.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 157
This episode is part seven of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the super hero mindset.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 156
This episode discusses the history of SAMatters and Dr. Gasaway shares his background and the work he has done to improve first responder situational awareness and high-risk decision making.
Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 155
This episode is part six of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the Silent member.
Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 154
This episode is part five of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the Stubborn, (a.k.a. The bull-headed).
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 153
This episode is part four of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the Superior, (a.k.a. The Boss).
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 152
This episode is part three of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each. This week we talk about the Specialist, (a.k.a. The Know-it-all).
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 151
This episode is part two of a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders can develop and I offer some advice for dealing with each.
Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 150
In this episode we kick off a nine-part serious on dangerous mindsets that first responders develop and offer some advice for dealing with each. We start off with talking about the starter mindset. That’s the mindset of the brand new responder. It is, in many ways, different from seasoned responders.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 149
In this episode we discuss how your mind can drift out of consciousness and the impact it can have on your situational awareness if it does.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 148
In this episode, I interview Journeyman Carpenter and Vancouver Firefighter James Johnson, sharing building construction lessons for firefighters.
Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 147
This episode discusses the importance of rehearsal as a means to strengthen team situational awareness.
Length: 38 minutes
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Episode 146
In this episode, we discuss how fear can impact situational awareness in ways that might be surprising.
Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 145
In this episode, we discuss the challenges when first responders become task saturated.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 144
In this episode, we discuss the pre-arrival lens that responders use to help form situational awareness.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 143
In this episode, we examine the role that short-term and long-term memory plays in helping first responders develop and maintain situational awareness.
Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 142
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
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Episode 141
In this episode, we explore how the brain confabulates – or makes up its own reality. In the absence of facts, the brain can start to invent or create its own reality. This can be dangerous on emergency scenes.
Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 140
In this episode, I interview my son, Cameron Gasaway, a firefighter with the Madison, Wisconsin Fire Department, about why it is so hard to speak up when you see something that’s going wrong.
Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 139
In this episode, we discuss ideas for how to build expert knowledge in first responders, especially during a time when the number of structure fires is declining.
Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 138
In this episode, we discuss 9 things you should consider when evaluating your purchase of incident command software.
Length: 31 minutes-
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Episode 137
In this episode, we discuss how situational awareness can be improved or impacted by radio traffic.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 136
This special episode is dedicated to answering questions about the Situational Awareness Matters Online Academy.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 135
In this episode, we discuss the importance of meta-awareness as a technique to help improve first responder safety.
Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 134
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
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Episode 133
In this episode, we discuss the role of the devil’s advocate on emergency scenes and how the advocate can help when there is a flawed perception of reality.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 132
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
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Episode 131
In this episode, we discuss five best practices for managing mental workload under stressful working conditions.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 130
In this episode, we discuss the phenomenon known as auditory exclusion (going deaf under stress) and I explain how it happens and how it can impact situational awareness and decision making.
Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 129
In this episode, Beaver Dam Fire & Rescue Chief Alan Mannel shares the details of a shootout incident that occurred while he was serving as a police officer in Illinois.
Length: 57 minutes
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Episode 128
In this episode, I interview Norfolk Fire Lieutenant Jarrod Sergi as he discusses how sleep inertia impacted his awareness and decision making skills at a late-night fire.
Length: 58 minutes
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Episode 127
In this episode, we discuss the challenges of teaching responders how to speak up when they think something is going wrong. As we will see, it goes way beyond telling them to speak up if they see something.
Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 126
In this episode, I interview Birmingham Assistant Fire Chief Floyd (Buddy) Wilks, Jr. who served as the incident commander during a mayday at a residential dwelling fire.
Length: 68 minutes
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Episode 125
In this episode we look at the top 12 reasons why first responders are so hesitant to discuss their near-miss events and the lessons they learned from them that could save the lives of other responders.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 124
In this episode we look at how facilitated debriefings used in aviation safety to improve air travel can be applied to emergency services to improve responder safety.
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 123
In this episode we explore how responders use positive and negative clues and cues to develop and maintain situational awareness at emergency scenes.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 122
In this episode we explore the locus of control and how it can impact first responder safety.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 121
In this episode we explore three types of stress that can impact first responders.
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 120
In this episode I sat down for an interview with Instructor John Dixon to discuss his passion topic – the normalization of deviance.
Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 119
In this episode I sat down for an interview with West Metro Division Chief Dan Pfannenstiel to discuss a near-miss that occurred at a residential dwelling fire. This is part two of a two-part interview so if you have not yet, be sure to listen to episode 118 for the set-up to the lessons learned.
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Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 118
In this episode, I sat down for an interview with West Metro Division Chief Dan Pfannenstiel to discuss a near-miss that occurred at a residential dwelling fire. This is part one of a two-part interview so be sure to also listen to episode 119 for the lessons learned.
Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 117
In this episode I sat down for an interview with Shawnee (KS) Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Pyle to discuss a residential structure incident that resulted in the death of Firefighter John Glaser. Ryan discusses the details of this tragic incident and the lessons his department learned from it. This is the second part of a two-part interview so be sure to listen to Episode 116 first if you have not already done so. It will improve your understanding of the lessons learned.
Length: 59 minutes
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Episode 116
In this episode I sat down for an interview with Shawnee (KS) Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Pyle to discuss a residential structure incident that resulted in the death of Firefighter John Glaser. Ryan discusses the details of this tragic incident and the lessons his department learned from it. This episode is part 1 of a two-part show so be sure to also listen to episode 117.
Length: 62 minutes
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Episode 115
In this episode we explore the importance of developing and maintain situational awareness while operating on the scenes of vehicle fires.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 114
In this episode we explore how noise can impact situational awareness of first responders.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 113
In this episode we discuss six red flags for danger that may get overlooked or ignored at a structure fire.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 112
In this episode we discuss the process of predicting future outcomes – an important component in developing situational awareness.
Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 111
In this episode I share 19 ways that communications issues can impact Situational Awareness.
Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 110
In this episode I share some of the more commonly asked questions that come up during live Situational Awareness events.
Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 109
In this episode explores the concept of the perfect storm. The phrase “Perfect Storm” is used to describe a combination of unpredictable circumstances that cause drastic outcomes. The term is also used to describe circumstances that occur so infrequently that they are thought to be unpredictable and thus, perhaps, unpreventable. The term can also sometimes be used to describe the worst-case scenario of a potential, not yet experienced, event.
Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 108
This episode explores how situational awareness may be impacted when the first arriving officer establishes a “working command.”
Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 107
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 and with far fewer resources. We discuss the safety and the improvements the department is working on.
Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 106
In this episode we will discuss what can happen when a person is experiencing sensory conflict and how this neurological phenomenon can impact situational awareness.
Length: 31 minutes
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Episode 105
In this episode, Firefighter Chris Crawford from the Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Fire Department. Chris is a Public Administration major at Point Park University and is writing a paper on firefighter training for his Applications of Fire Research Class. During this episode Chris interviews Dr. Gasaway about how to ensure firefighters are being properly prepared for the job in spite of controlled burn evolutions that are realistic to the conditions firefighters will face at actual fires.
Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 104
This is Part 2 of an interview with Captain Eric Dreiman, Indianapolis Fire Department about his survival of a flashover event that resulted in multiple burns.
Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 103
In part-1 of this 2-part interview, I talk with Captain Eric Dreiman, Indianapolis Fire Department about his survival of a flashover event that resulted in multiple burns.
Length: 44 minutes
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Episode 102
In this episode, I share how issues related to staffing can impact situational awareness.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 101
This episode interviews four members of the Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Fire Department who experienced a near-miss event when the platform on Truck 7 came into contact with a 33 kV transmission line during a routine truck check at the station.
Length: 71 minutes
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Episode 100
This is the 100th episode for SAMatters Radio… a milestone in the podcasting world. The commemorate this event we’ll take a walk down memory lane to share how the Situational Awareness Matters mission started and discuss the progress and plans for the future.
Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 99
This episode interviews Greg Yost, an advocate for responder safety and a father who lost his daughter from an accident involving distracted driving.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 98
This episode explores the role that emotions play in judgment and decision making.
Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 97
This episode explores the concept of situational readiness and offers 10 recommendations for how to be ready and 10 observations for how to be unprepared.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 96
This episode explores how a heavy administrative workload can impact situational awareness while you are working on emergency scenes.
Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 95
This episode explores our basic human desire to be liked and respected. Not only do we want to be liked, but we also have a very strong internal drive to avoid embarrassment. These traits of human behavior can result in peer pressure that can, in turn, impact your situational awareness.
Length: 23 minutes
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Episode 94
This episode explores the capacity of the human brain to process sensory stimuli into short-term memory and the impact it can have on situational awareness.
Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 93
Can aggressiveness and safety co-exist at an emergency scene?
This episode explores why those two actions – being safe and being aggressive – are not mutually exclusive activities.
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 92
On June 2, 2011, the San Francisco Fire Department suffered the tragic loss of 2 firefighters at 133 Berkeley Way. The episode shares some valuable situational awareness lessons from this tragic incident.
Length: 36 minutes
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Episode 91
Perhaps you’ve heard it said that we are creatures of habit. The more we do something over and over again, the more likely that behavior will be turned into a habit. This episode explores how we create habits.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 90
This episode explores the challenges responders face while operating in dynamically changing conditions that require sharing attention to multiple, concurrent activities – a.k.a., multitasking.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 89
Understaffing can have a big impact on first responder safety. We all know that. But it can also have a huge impact on first responder situational awareness. This episode explores how understaffing can impact awareness.
Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 88
This episode discusses whether incident commanders should wear turnout gear while commanding incidents. The answer may not be as simple as it appears.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 87
This episode discusses the role that imagination plays in forming and maintaining situational awareness. Being able to predict future events, before they happen, is critical to first responder safety and imagination plans a key role in this process.
Length: 22 minutes
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Episode 86
In this episode we discuss what high reliability organizations are and look at their traits and the processes they use in their efforts to produce effective and predictable results.
Length: 29 minutes
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Episode 85
In this episode we go back to the basics and explain what situational awareness is, how it is developed and why it is so important to first responder decision making. This isn’t something we’ve done since episode #1.
Length: 39 minutes
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Episode 84
This episode interviews Captain Jason Nesbitt and his on-duty crew at the County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service in Clairmont, Alberta.
Length: 69 minutes
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Episode 83
This episode interviews Tiger Schmittendorf as he chronicles a near-mess event during a water rescue incident.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 82
This episode interviews John Martens. John serves as a firefighter and is the founder of a company that consults with fire departments on the use of UAV (or drone) technology to improve situational awareness.
Length: 35 minutes
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Episode 81
This episode interviews two firefighters who barely escaped a building before the fire flashed over. Captain Tim Kohlbeck and Lieutenant Chase Longmiller were on the second floor of a taxpayer-style building… bar on the lower level… apartments above it.
They had a report of a possible person trapped and were conducting a primary search when conditions changed quickly. Their decisive actions saved their lives… barely.
Length: 51 minutes
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Episode 80
This episode is an interview the Assistant Chief Morris Lentz of the Rogersville, Alabama Fire Department. On February 8, 2009, Chief Lentz, then a lieutenant, was working a residential dwelling fire when a wall collapse trapped him under heavy debris, resulting in multiple critical injuries.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 79
This episode discusses the process for competency development and introduces the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a cognitive bias whereby unskilled people suffer from the illusion of having superior skills and knowledge.
Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 78
This episode discusses the importance of beginning emergency operations with the end result in mind.
Length: 19 minutes
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Episode 77
This episode discusses how rewarding undesirable behavior can impact first responder safety.
Length: 16 minutes
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Episode 76
In today’s episode I interview Brent Thomas, Stephen MacInnis and Richard Craibbe. As members of the Ontario Fire Training Officers Association they are leading an initiative to improve access to information about critical fire incidents in the Province.
Length: 75 minutes
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Episode 75
In today’s episode I interview Shawn Rafferty, creator of the Safety Blueprint personal awareness and protection program. We will talk about how first responders can heighten their observational and situational awareness while operating in the field, and in their personal lives.
Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 74
This episode focuses on how to create thinking firefighters who, in turn, can become resilient problem solvers at emergency scenes.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 73
This episode is an interview with Ryan Pennington, author of Hoarder Homes: Piles of Hazards for Firefighters.
Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 72
This episode explores the connection between the role of the dispatcher/communications specialist and first responders.
Length: 26 minutes
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Episode 71
In this episode, we explore the origins of Situational Awareness Matters and explain why situational awareness is so important for individuals and teams who work in high risk, high consequence environments. We also reveal the top ten situational awareness barriers for first responders.
Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 70
This episode discusses some of the ill effects that can impact situational awareness and decision making as a result of stress.
Length: 30 minutes
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Episode 69
While it is important to train in ways that reinforce best practices and successful outcomes, there is something to be said for training that results in failure. This episode explores the notion that out of failure, important lessons are learned.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 68
This episode explores how to teach decision making to firefighters/officers during hands-on evolutions and discusses the importance of teaching both cognitive and kinesthetic memory skills to aid in decision making.
Length: 32 minutes
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Episode 67
Interview with close call survivor Todd Budd from the Brownsburg Fire Territory. Lieutenant Budd fell through the roof while ventilating at a structure fire.
Length: 72 minutes
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Episode 66
In this episode I sit down with Dave Dodson, the creator of the Art of Reading Smoke Program and co-author of the Art of Reading Buildings book to discuss his passion for helping firefighter read smoke and buildings.
Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 65
This article discusses the importance of completing the 360 degree size-up.
Length: 14 minutes
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Episode 64
On Christmas Day in 2010 the Valley Fire & Rescue Department responded to a residential dwelling fire that resulted in two close call survivor events.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 63
During SAMatters Tour events there are lots of discussion happening among attendees and some great questions being asked. This episode addresses some of the questions fielded during live events.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 62
What can you learn from someone who has survived close call? The answer is… A LOT. When this show was launched this show in April 2014, the purpose was, as it remains, to help first responders improve situational awareness and decision making while operating in high stress, high consequence environments. This mission has been supplemented by the real-life experiences of close call survivors, sharing INCREDIBLE stories about how they nearly died and, in some cases, how their comrades did die.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 61
One of the essential components of well-developed situational awareness is being able to accurately predict the future. This prediction should be made during the initial scene size up and then it should be updated often as the incident progresses. In this episode we discuss the need to begin with the end in mind will be explored and tips will be provided for how to improve outcome predictions.
Length: 20 minutes
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Episode 60
On this episode we discuss how to make decisions in dynamically changing environments and the importance of using situational awareness as the foundation for making good decisions under stress. It is the decisions that first responders make, while operating in high stress, high consequence, time compressed environments (using situational awareness) that drive successful or unsuccessful outcomes.
Length: 28 minutes
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Episode 59
This episode explores Tachypsychia, a neurological condition that results in the distortion of time. While there can be several causes, we’re going to focus on emergency scene stress as the trigger.
Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 58
The tones drop for an apartment building fire. On the way, dispatch is advising multiple calls, confirming a working fire and the possibility of people trapped. The mind of the officer on the aerial platform is busy processing – thinking – anticipating – what will need to be done upon arrival? Of course, truck work is on the officer’s mind: Forcible entry; search and rescue; ventilation. The officer takes a deep breath and smiles. It’s going to be a good day. That is… until the officer gets overcome by mission myopia.
Length: 19 minutes
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Episode 57
Speedway Fire Department (Indiana) Lieutenant Jeff Cheshire recalls an incident where his crew was over run by changing fire conditions while operating on the third floor of an apartment building fire.
Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 56
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 in bad outcomes. Let’s explore the origins of intuition.
Length: 17 minutes
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Episode 55
On March 27, 2015, Cypress Creek Lieutenant Jason Corthell District Chief Gilbert Sanchez III, were trapped and injured during a fire where a stairwell unexpectedly collapsed at an apartment building fire in Texas.
Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 54
In this episode, Dr. Richard B. Gasaway responds to five listener questions. Tune in as he shares the answers and provides some best practices for developing and maintaining strong situational awareness while working in high-risk, high consequence environments.
Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 53
Atascocita Volunteer Fire Captain Brian Mulligan experienced a close call when his crew responded to routine gas leak call that turned out to be anything but routine. Tune in to hear how Brian almost got electrocuted at a gas leak call.
Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 52
In this episode I interview Andover (MN) Fire Chief Jerry Streich on the value of having a safety officer assigned during training evolutions. Chief Streich took part in a pilot program for the League of Minnesota Cities (his department’s insurance provided) in an effort to reduce training-related injuries.
Length: 34 minutes
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Episode 51
Fresno Fire Captain Pete Dern suffered second and third degree burns following a catastrophic collapse of a roof. This episode is dedicated to him and is intended to inspire all of us to: Seek First to Understand.
Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 50
Peter Schenk worked 32 years in aviation and also as a firefighter. He is uniquely qualified to compare the safety practices (and mistakes) of aviation to the fire service and shares some valuable lessons.
Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 49
On February 4, 2013, the Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company experienced a mayday when a firefighter fell down a set of unprotected stairs during a structure fire at a multi-story, multi-tenant occupancy.
Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 48
Firefighters and addiction. It’s not something we like to acknowledge or talk about. On this episode, we both acknowledge the problem and I have two guests from the American Addiction Centers here to give first responders advice about how to get help.
Length: 56 minutes
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Episode 47
In this episode, Fire Engineering Editor-in-chief and FDIC International Education Director Chief Bobby Halton shares trends he sees in the fire service that is causing him concerns and his three things on his firefighter safety wish list.
Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 46
In this episode, Chief Halton shares what’s in store for FDIC International 2015 and we discuss what trends Chief Halton is seeing that gives him encouragement about firefighter safety.
Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 45
On August 11, 2007, Captain Martin and his partner were over run by a fast-moving wildland fire. On retreat, his partner became entangled on a barbed wire fence. Captain Martin used a utility knife to cut away his partner’s ensnarled clothing and they both narrowly escaped death.
Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 44
On July 28, 2011, the Asheville Fire Department was forever changed by the LODD of Captain Jeff Bowen. During this interview, Fire Chief Scott Burnette talks about that fateful day and how the Asheville Fire Department has changed the way they operate. This Part 2 of a 2-part interview. Part 1 is Episode 43 which aired last week.
Length: 54 minutes
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Episode 43
On July 28, 2011, the Asheville Fire Department was forever changed by the tragic LODD of Captain Jeff Bowen. During this interview, Fire Chief Scott Burnette talks about that fateful day and the significant changes that have occurred in the Asheville Fire Department – changes that every fire department can benefit from. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview.
Length: 47 minutes
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Episode 42
Raleigh Fire Battalion Chief (then Captain) Stephen Page recalls how he nearly died when he became lost, disoriented and separated from his crew while operating in a zero visibility environment.
Length: 73 minutes
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Episode 41
In this episode Dr. Gasaway interviews Santa Clara County Deputy Chief Steve Prziborowski, Contra Costa Battalion Chief Bob Atlas and Pinole Firefighter Christopher Baker on how to prepare for promotion to ensure you are providing the right safety leadership to your crew.
Length: 67 minutes
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Episode 40
In this episode Dr. Gasaway interviews Ryan Pennington on the topic of fighting fires in hoarded environments.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 39
In this episode Dr. Gasaway addresses the impact station alerting noise can have on situational awareness.
Length: 27 minutes
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Episode 38
In this episode 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 wisdom on firefighter safety and the need to change our culture.
Length: 79 minutes
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Episode 37
In this episode I interview Dr. Chad Weinstein the author of “Thinking Aloud: Reflections on Ethical Leadership.” Dr. Weinstein works with fire departments to achieve extraordinary results through ethical leadership. Join us as we discuss the role of ethics in creating a safety culture and bringing accountability to an organization.
Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 36
This episode is Part 2 of an interview with Winnipeg Firefighter Lionel Crowther who recounts his close call incident where he sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns and two of his comrades lost their lives while fighting a dwelling fire.
Length: 67 minutes
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Episode 35
This episode is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Winnipeg Firefighter Lionel Crowther who recounts his close call incident where he sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns and two of his comrades lost their lives while fighting a dwelling fire.
Length: 65 minutes
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Episode 34
This episode discusses the long-term impact of the economic downturn of 2008 on fire department staffing and how strategy and tactics should be adjusted to the “new normal.” In the near-miss segment, we discuss freelancing at a residential dwelling fire and one officer’s actions directed toward correcting the misbehavior.
Length: 43 minutes
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Episode 33
Wadesville Fire Department Deputy Chief Adam Farrar recounts a residential dwelling fire that resulted in a double close call event for members operating at the scene.
Length: 43 minutes
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Episode 32
This episode discusses 12 tips for developing and maintaining situational awareness and reviews a firefighter near miss from a flashover and mayday.
Length: 23 minutes
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Episode 31
Elyria Fire Department Captain, Joe Pronesti, ran out of air while fighting a fire in an underground tunnel. He barely made it out before collapsing to the ground.
Length 70 minutes
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Episode 30
Chief Prillaman and Firefighter St. Martin talk about a close call incident in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota where a medical crew responded to a report of an individual having a stroke, only to find the house full of lethal levels of carbon monoxide.
Length: 41 minutes
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Episode 29
This episode is an interview with Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer talking about a close call incident in Spokane where rapid fire progression created a highly volatile situation, almost trapping firefighters in the basement of an office building.
Length: 60 minutes
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Episode 28
This episode interviews technology guru Darrell O’Donnell from TechnologyInOPS. Darrell runs a very successful coaching and consulting firm that focuses on bridging the gap between technology experts and first responders. He also has a passion for how technology can be used as a tool to improve first responder situational awareness.
Length: 53 minutes
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Episode 27
This episode interviews Jeff Dill (Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance) and Les Karpluk (Genesis 2020 Solutions) about the challenges and opportunities of “Climbing down the fire service ladder of success” – Preparing for retirement and life after the fire service.
Length: 49 minutes
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Episode 26
This episode interviews Comox (BC) Fire Chief Gord Schreiner as he shares valuable lessons from his Safe and Efficient Scene Management Class, often referred throughout Canada as the “StopBad” Program.
Length: 57 minutes
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Episode 25
This episode interviews Firefighter John Dantuono of the Lakeside (New York) Fire Department. Lakeside is located west of Syracuse. John discusses how he responded to a mutual aid residential dwelling fire and fell through a weakened floor.
Length: 45 minutes
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Episode 24
Interview with a Firefighter Richard Marcus who was involved in an apparatus accident following the operator taking his eyes off the road “for just a moment.” This is a powerful lesson about apparatus operator situational awareness.
Length: 42 minutes
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Episode 23
Part 2 of an interview with Youngstown (OH) Fire Captain John Lightly who was alone inside a residential dwelling fire and was caught in a flashover.
Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 22
Part 1 of an interview with Youngstown (OH) Fire Captain John Lightly who was alone inside a residential dwelling fire and was caught in a flashover.
Length: 52 minutes
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Episode 21
Interview with Rochester (NY) Firefighter Sean Balantic. Sean was struck by a car while working at the scene of an emergency.
Length: 37 minutes
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Episode 20
Interview with Fire Chief Patrick Kenny who shares a powerful story about losing his son, Sean, to suicide and he shares an important message about mental health education.
Length: 33 minutes
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Episode 19
Interview with police investigator Steven Hough who was shot in the face by an assailant before returning fire and mortally wounding the suspect.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 18
“What I learned in two minutes.” A close call survivor story shared by Lieutenant Sean Dolan of the Aurora, Colorado Fire Department. Sean was caught in a flashover and sustained severe burns.
Length: 63 minutes
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Episode 17
Interview with Indianapolis Health & Safety Chief, Doug Abernathy sharing lessons from the Athletic Club fire that killed two firefighters.
Length: 50 minutes
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** Bonus Episode **
Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System Expert Panel Discussing three near-miss events.
Length: 85 minutes
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Episode 16
How fatigue can impact situational awareness
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Length: 20 minutes
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Episode 15
How radio communications can impact situational awareness
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Length: 18 minutes
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Episode 14
Interview with Dave Casey, Director of the Louisiana State Fire & Emergency Training Institute on the need for realistic training.
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Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 13
Training for Failure: Understanding how we are training first responders to fail and, as a result, they are dying doing exactly what we teach them to do.
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Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 12
Interview with Buckley (WA) Fire Chief Alan Predmore who explains how “The Pigs are Eating Lemons” and it’s making his firefighters safer.
Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 11
Interview with Phil Jose, Training Chief, Seattle Fire Department discussing how the Seattle Fire Department is improving firefighter safety through training and post-incident reviews.
Length: 66 minutes
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Episode 10
Interview with Jack Sullivan, discussing the mission of the Responder Safety Institute to help improve situational awareness and safety at highway incidents.
Length: 40 minutes
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Episode 9
Interview with Captain John Wright. Hear from this Close Call Survivor who found himself on the second floor of a house, overcome by smoke and heavy fire, describe how he laid down to die and said goodbye to his son.
Length: 61 minutes
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Episode 8
Just another false alarm: A tale of complacency. Discusses the impact of complacency on situational awareness.
Length: 19 minutes
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** Bonus Episode **
International Fire/EMS Safety & Health Week Interview with Ryan Pennington (host of Views from the Jumpseat). Discusses the importance of this event how some things fire departments can do to improve safety all year long.
Length: 50 minutes
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Episode 7
Discussion on lessons learned from the Line of Duty Death of Asheville Fire Captain Jeff Bowen who died in a structure fire at 445 Biltmore Avenue. Dr. Gasaway conducted a four-day facilitated debriefing of the members of the Asheville Fire Department following this tragic event.
Length: 18 minutes
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Episode 6
Interview with Wayne William, Safety Officer for the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation discussing his views on wildland firefighter safety. Hear about his close call survival story and why he thinks deployment shelters should not be carried. We’ll also explore the Myth of Multitasking.
Length: 55 minutes
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Episode 5
This episode discusses the role of emotions on decision making and situational awareness.
Length: 16 minutes
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Episode 4
This episode discusses the importance of the 360-degree size up role in the formation of situational awareness
Length: 18 minutes
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Episode 3
This episode discusses how clues and cues are used in the formation of situational awareness.
Length: 21 minutes
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Episode 2
This episode discusses complacency as a barrier to situational awareness.
Length: 24 minutes
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Episode 1
This episode offers a working definition for situational awareness explains how it is developed in the minds of first responders.
Length: 18 minutes
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Rich,
For us old techno-challenged farts, is there a way to download to mp3 (I don’t use apple)?
Thanks!
Bob
Bob,
You can access iTunes without using an Apple computer. Go to http://www.iTunes.com and download iTunes. Then search for SAMatters Radio and you can download it. If you have any trouble, just go to YouTube and search “How to download a podcast from iTunes” in the search box. This will send you to several video tutorials that will talk you through the process. Thanks for the question.
Rich
Your last episode with chief Dave Casey was great. Great thoughts on training. Nothing more frightening to me than a young Firefighter saying I can do that Capt’n. I watched a video on you tube about it!”
It is paralyzing when you actually try to process the concept that someone thinks they have competency in a skill because they watched a YouTube video!
I am reminded of the great movie Good Will Hunting. Watching any electronic information or educational materials doesn’t engage enough senses to perform competently, or more importantly, safely!
There are good ideas generated by video training… but that’s about it! That’s my 2 cents!
Chris,
Thanks for sharing your feedback. Your experience, shared with others, adds value. I think you’re right about video training… it generates good ideas (and I’d add it can build cognitive knowledge), but it surely does nothing to build muscle memory, which was Dave’s (and your) observation.
Rich