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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.

Mar 28, 2017

 

This episode discusses the boss who lets his or her authority get the best of their judgment or that boss who suffers from feelings of inadequacy (inferiority) that results in a dangerous mindset that can harm the safety of first responders.

 

 

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Safety Dance...


Mar 21, 2017

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).

 

A specialist is someone who takes the effort to acquire a higher level of training on a specialty...


Mar 14, 2017

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. 

 

 

Last week we started off the series by talking about the starter mindset… the mindset of the brand-new responder. This week we talk about the...


Mar 7, 2017

Everyone of us should be able to relate to this mindset. We have all been there, albeit some more recently than others. Being the new responder can be a scary ordeal. I recall how intimidated I was just learning how to properly don my turnout gear. In fact, when I first joined I did not know what I did not know. And...