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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.

Jan 31, 2017

There’s no doubt that in dynamically changing, high-risk, high-consequence environments someone could be called upon to perform many varied tasks, some at the same time.

When staffing levels are low, the likelihood of this situation can increase significantly. The problem this creates is the brain does not perform...


Jan 24, 2017

We see with our brains, not with our eyes.  The eyes are simply a tool to gather photons of light. The processing of images happens in the visual cortex (in the back of your brain). There is also an interesting thing that happens as we listen to information. We also draw pictures in our brain. This is what I call...


Jan 17, 2017

There are two types of memory we will discuss in this episode, short-term and long-term. Both play important roles in helping first responders develop and maintain situational awareness. Here, we will explain how.

 

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Intro music

Safety Dance (1982)

Men Without Hats

GMC - Virgin...


Jan 10, 2017

At the time of the fire, Rick Mehaffey served as an engineer for the Waynesville Fire Department, a combination department that runs 2500 calls a year out of two stations. (He has since been promoted to Captain.)

At the time of the near miss event the staffing levels was 1 person on-duty at each of two stations,...


Jan 3, 2017

Confabulation is a fascinating phenomenon where a person’s brain can make up its own reality and the individual it happens to will not realize that what they believe to be fact is, indeed, a figment of their imagination.

Our sponsor:

Midwest Fire
MidwestFire.com

 

Intro music

Safety Dance (1982)

Men Without Hats

GMC -...