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A line of duty death perspective – The Jeff Dickey Story (Episode 312)

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Building Construction, Communications, Culture, Decision Making, Disoriented, Distractions and Interruptions, Gut Feeling, Human Error, Human Factors, Line of Duty Death, Mayday, Mayday and RIT, Mental Models, Mission, Mission Myopia, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Radios, Risk, Risk Assessment, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Staffing, Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines, Stress, Teamwork /

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. Length: 59 minutes     Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO     […]

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Episode 184 | St. Charles Fire Department Near Miss – Part 2

Leave a Comment / Accountability, Assumptions, Auditory exclusion, Automatic Action, Close Call, Command Location, Communications, Complacency, Confusion, Crew Resource Management, Decision Making, Denial, Disoriented, Emotions, Expectations, Experience, Judgment, Mayday, Miscommunications, Mission Myopia, Near Miss, Over Confident, Perception Of Reality, Personal Protective Equipment, Personnel location, Progress Reports, Radios, Safety, SAMatters Radio, Size Up, Teamwork, Vigilance /

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. Length: 45 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen

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