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 Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking […]
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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 click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a
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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 click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are
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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 click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to
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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 Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________
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This episode interviews County of Grande Prairie C Platoon Captain Jason Nesbitt and his on-duty crew at the County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service in Clairmont, Alberta. Length: 69 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk
This episode interviews Tiger Schmittendorf as he chronicles a near-mess event during a water rescue incident. Length: 34 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational Awareness
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This episode interviews John Martens from NMotion UAS on the use of unmanned aircraft (drones) to improve situational awareness. Length: 35 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you are interested in taking your understanding of situational awareness and high-risk decision making to a higher level, check out the Situational
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This episode is an interview with Captain Tim Kohlbeck and Lieutenant Chase Longmiller of the Sheboygan Fire Department. On January 30, 2010, Captain Kohlbeck and Lieutenant Longmiller were conducting a primary search when conditions changed rapidly and they were nearly killed. Length: 51 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen _____________________________________________________ If you
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This episode is an interview with 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. His near-miss resulted in multiple critical injuries. Length: 55 minutes click the
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