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Situational Awareness Matters!™


Helping individuals and teams understand human factors,
reduce the impact of situational awareness barriers,
and improve decision making under stress.

Jun 27, 2014

On this episode we walk with Captain John Wright from the Flower Mound (Texas) Fire Department. Captain Wright survived an extremely close call while operating as an interior search crew at a residential dwelling fire.

 

On June 17, 2011 the Flower Mound Fire Department along with several mutual aid companies...


Jun 20, 2014

 

In episode 2, I spoke a little bit about complacency. The feedback was awesome, thank you everyone for that.

 

1. In this episode I will continue on that topic and share a how a false alarm mindset can lead to complacency.

 

2. In the near-miss report we will share an incident where complacency caused a...


Jun 16, 2014

 

On this episode we celebrate the International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week. My guest is Ryan Pennington, webmaster at Views from the Jumpseat and host of Jumpseat Radio. We are talking about the International Fire and EMS Safety and Health Week and its theme: Train like you fight!

 

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If you are...


Jun 13, 2014

Hello and welcome to episode 7 of the Situational Awareness Matters radio show. I’m your host, Rich Gasaway. The purpose of this show is to improve situational awareness and decision making for individuals and teams who work in high stress, high consequence environments. Our mission is simple… To help you see the...


Jun 6, 2014

 

On this episode we’ll talk

1. Briefly about the myth of multitasking

2. We’ll listen to an interview I recorded with a wildland firefighting safety officer with 40 years of experience on the line.

1. Developing the mindset of a Just Culture in the wildland firefighting community.

2. Why a culture of...