SAMatters Radio
418 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe mission of the Situational Awareness Matters! Radio Show is to help you see the bad things coming... in time to avoid bad outcomes by improving your understanding of human factors, situational awareness and decision making under stress. Listen and learn from hundreds of incredible interviews with first responders who survived near-miss events.
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SAM 116 | Interview with Shawnee Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Pyle – Part 1
July 12, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBOn May 22, 2010, John Glaser, a 33-year-old career fire fighter died while conducting a primary search of a residential house fire. Firefighter Glaser vomited in his SCBA face piece and then removed it, causing him to inhale products of combustion. The fire was reported by automatic alarm at 8:55 p.m. Saturday at 13408 W. 75th Court, according to fire officials. When firefighters arrived, they found the home burning out of control. Neighbors told firefighters they thought two people and a ...
SAM 115 | Vehicle Fire Situational Awareness
July 05, 2016 11:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBThis episode explores two near-miss events involving vehicle fires. The first comes from a Situational Awareness Matters member and the second from the National Near-Miss reporting system. In both cases if circumstances were just slightly different there could have been a significant catastrophic outcome. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters...
SAM 114 | Noise can impact situational awareness
June 28, 2016 11:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBA few years ago I had the honor of presenting at a conference called Fire Asia. It was hosted in Hong Kong and brought together fire professionals from Asia, Europe and Australia. While there, I received a tour of the Hong Kong Fire Department training center. One of the things that stood out to me is how they use noise to impact awareness while training responders. This episode shares my observations from the Hong Kong Fire Service and what we can learn from their use of noise during trai...
SAM 113 | Six red flags for danger
June 21, 2016 11:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBThe red flags discussed in the episode are clues and cues that provide conscious (overt) awareness of what is going on or subconscious (covert) awareness of what may be going on. The red flags are clues and cues that indicate things may not be right for an interior entry. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters.com Firefighter Near Mi...
SAM 112 | Predicting Outcomes
June 14, 2016 11:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBThere is a three stage process to develop and maintain situational awareness that starts with perception and then advances to understanding and, finally, culminates with prediction – the ability to anticipate future events before they happen. In this episode, I provide a framework for how to predict outcomes. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.S...
SAM 111 | 19 Ways Communications can Impact Situational Awareness
June 07, 2016 11:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBIf you are a student of near-miss and casualty reports then you know, without a doubt, that flawed communications is a major contributing factor when things go wrong and flawed communications is often a factor when the quality of situational awareness erodes. In fact, flawed communications was the second most frequently cited barrier to flawed situational awareness in my research, second only to staffing issues. But how does communications get so messed up at emergency scenes? This episo...
SAM 110 | Live Events Q&A
May 31, 2016 11:00 - 51 minutes - 23.4 MBThis Q&A session addresses three questions from recent live situational awareness programs. Much of the inspiration for the blog posts come from participant questions but this may be the first podcast episode dedicated to questions asked during live events. The three questions we address include: What can I do to improve my intuition? What can I do as first responders to combat information overload? How can I tell when my perception of reality is flawed? Our sponsor: Midwest Fire Midw...
SAM 109 | The Perfect Storm
May 24, 2016 11:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MBThe phrase “Perfect Storm” is used to describe a combination of unpredictable circumstances that cause drastic outcomes. The term is also used to describe circumstances that occur so infrequently that they are thought to be unpredictable and thus, perhaps, unpreventable. The term can also sometimes be used to describe the worst-case scenario of a potential, not yet experienced, event. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hat...
SAM 108 | Working Command and Situational Awareness
May 17, 2016 11:00 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBI get asked a lot of questions about what the first arriving company officer should do at a working structure fire. Specifically, the debate revolves around two basic premise. Should the first arriving company officer assume a fixed command position outside the structure and coordinate the activities of incoming units? Or, should the first arriving company officer assume a "working command" or "mobile command" position and engage in the firefight with their crew? This episode looks to answer...
SAM 107 | Interview with Hagerstown Fire Chief Steve Lohr
May 10, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBIn this interview with Chief Lohr, we discuss how he is working to change a culture and to improve safety for the members of the Hagerstown Fire Department. Listen in as he shares important messages about safety complacency, culture, situational awareness, politics and succession planning. This episode will also be available a video on the SAMattersTV YouTube. Youtube.com/SAMattersTV Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Our Guest Chief Steve Lohr Hagerstown Fire Dep...
SAM 106 | Sensory conflict can impact situational awareness
May 03, 2016 11:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MBThe process by which situational awareness is formed begins withusing your five senses (seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting andsmelling) to gather information from your environment. That mayarguably be the easiest part of the situational awarenessdevelopmental process so long as you are “paying attention” to yourenvironment. Once the senses gather information, it converts itinto an electrical code that crackles its way down neural pathwaysto various destinations. At some point, the inputs fro...
SAM 105 | Realistic live fire training challenges and opportunities
April 26, 2016 11:00 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBInterview questions discussed included: While conducting live burn evolutions fire instructors are bound by NFPA 1403 for safety reasons. And while fire instructors do not want to jeopardize the safety of the students (or fellow instructors), how can we incorporate fire dynamics demonstrations to show students what to expect, versus just lecturing students about dynamics? How can fire dynamics be taught beyond the classroom? Are lectures on fire dynamics enough to prepare firefighters? D...
SAM 104 | Eric Dreiman – Flashover Survival Story – Part 2
April 19, 2016 11:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBOn November 14, 2014, Indianapolis Captain (then Lieutenant) Eric Dreiman was assigned on Ladder 19. His station was dispatched at 1159 hours to a reported residential dwelling fire on Holly Avenue, about a half mile from the station. On arrival the crew had heavy fire showing on the rear of the house and one occupant who had escaped reporting that her son was still inside. Dreiman, along with Firefighter Brian Kincaid made entry to conduct a primary search. Engine 19 was stretching an atta...
SAM 103 | Eric Dreiman – Flashover Survival Story – Part 1
April 12, 2016 11:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBOn November 14, 2014, Indianapolis Captain (then Lieutenant) Eric Dreiman was assigned on Ladder 19. His station was dispatched at 1159 hours to a reported residential dwelling fire on Holly Avenue, about a half mile from the station. On arrival the crew had heavy fire showing on the rear of the house and one occupant who had escaped reporting that her son was still inside. Dreiman, along with Firefighter Brian Kincaid made entry to conduct a primary search. Engine 19 was stretching an atta...
SAM 102 | Staffing can impact situational awareness
April 05, 2016 11:00 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBIn my efforts to research and share what causes issues with situational awareness I have uncovered over 100… what I call… Barriers. These barriers impact a person’s ability to develop and maintain situational awareness. In this episode I am going to explore the challenges of staffing as a barrier to situational awareness by sharing excerpts of interviews I conducted with expert-level fireground commanders during my doctoral research. If you are interested in reading the complete research s...
SAM 101 | Interview with Near Miss Survivors from Sioux Falls Fire Department
March 29, 2016 11:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBCaptain Ryan Cox, Fire Apparatus Operator Tom Reel, Firefighter Jay McManigal and Firefighter John Alvey share the details of a close call during a routine truck check when Ladder 7 came into contact with a 33 kV transmission line on January 2, 2016. If circumstances were just slightly different, this incident could have resulted in multiple firefighter fatalities. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records ...
SAM 100 | Anniversary Episode
March 22, 2016 11:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBVery few podcasters make it this far… to their 100th episode. When you consider that each episode takes 2-3 hours of script writing, recording, editing, arranging and interviewing guests, that’s quite an investment of time. The mission of Situational Awareness Matters is to help you see the bad things coming… in time to avoid bad outcomes. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Mat...
SAM 099 | Distracted Driving: Interview with Greg Yost
March 15, 2016 11:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBGreg Yost has served as a firefighter in Hancock, Maryland for more than 30 years. He has been an advocate for improving responder safety on highways incidents for many years. On June 21, 2014 Greg’s daughter, Daniele, was involved in a vehicle accident where the investigation determined that she was distracted while driving. As a result, her vehicle drifted left of center and struck another vehicle head-on, killing both drivers. Greg has since dedicated himself to teaching classes for tee...
SAM 098 | The role of emotions in decision making
March 08, 2016 12:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBIt is a widely held belief that the best decisions are made without the interference of emotions. Economists and statisticians alike stand fast to this belief – the best decisions are made with using pure logic. Facts and formulas lead to the most rational decisions. But do they? Image for a moment if the emotional control center of a person’s brain were removed. Would that person then make better decisions? We’ll review a medical case that answers this question. Our sponsor: Midwest F...
SAM 097 | Situational Readiness
March 01, 2016 12:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBThe precursor to situational awareness is situational readiness, which I define as: Having the ability to anticipate what things need to be in place to be well-prepared for an emergency response; and then, taking the steps necessary to ensure the right things are done, in advance of the actual response, to be properly prepared. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website ...
SAM 096 | Administrative Workload Can Impact Situational Awareness
February 23, 2016 12:00 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBThis episode was inspired by an email from a listener wanted to know if an officer’s administrative duties, assignments, tasks and workload can impact on situational awareness. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters.com Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/ Contact Rich Gasaway www.RichGasaway.com Support@...
SAM 095 | Peer Pressure Can Impact Situational Awareness
February 16, 2016 12:00 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MBFirst responders spend a lot of time together, on calls, in the station, and in many cases in social settings outside of work. All of this interaction builds relationships that allow responders to trust their lives to each other. We’ll discuss how peer pressure can be beneficial and detrimental to first responder safety. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAM...
SAM 094 | Information Overload
February 09, 2016 12:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBYour brain is awesome at capturing, processing, storing and recalling information. But it has limitations, especially when it comes to memory under stress. There are four steps in the process of developing a memory: Encoding, storage, retrieval and forgetting. The process is quite complex. Perhaps I'll dedicate a future chapter to walking readers through the complete process of memory formation. But for now, I am going to focus on the first step, encoding. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire Mid...
SAM 093 | On being aggressive
February 02, 2016 12:00 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MBTo think being safe and being aggressive cannot coexist is to believe that responders must sacrifice safety if/when they choose to be aggressive. Or, when responders choose to do things safely, they can no longer be aggressive. In truth, safety and aggressiveness can be accomplished simultaneously. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters.com Firefigh...
SAM 092 | Five situational awareness lessons from a LODD report
January 26, 2016 12:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBThe San Francisco Fire Department conducted an internal review of the incident and issued a 156-page report on their findings. Many of the lessons relate to situational awareness and it is from that perspective that I would like to share my assessment on several of their findings. I dedicate this podcast to the lives of Lieutenant Vincent Perez and firefighter/paramedic Anthony M. Valerio and I applaud the San Francisco Fire Department for conducting an internal review and for sharing their...
SAM 091 | Creatures of habit
January 19, 2016 12:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBGood or bad, we all have habits. On an emergency scene good habits can save your life and bad habits can result of tragic consequences. So it stands to reason that you would want to form good habits and avoid bad habits, right? But you can form bad habits and not be aware of it. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters.com Firefighter Near Miss Rep...
SAM 090 | The myth of multitasking
January 12, 2016 12:00 - 33 minutes - 77.4 MBIf you are the type of person who can work on your notebook, listen to music on your iPod, talk on your cell phone and text message at the same time, (maybe all while driving) this episode is for you. Advances in technology have given us more opportunities to multitask than any other time in the history of humankind. We are bombarded with visual and audible stimulation, most of which is at our fingertips. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) M...
SAM 089 | Understaffing can impact situational awareness
January 05, 2016 12:00 - 21 minutes - 9.64 MBWhile attempting to command an understaffed incident scene, the attention of the company officer or the incident commander can be narrowly focused on what is causing him or her the greatest stress. In the case of understaffing, the safety of personnel operating in the hazardous conditions can be a huge stressor. If this happens, it may cause a responder to narrow their attention and cause him or her to miss seeing, or hearing, important clues and cues. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire Midwest...
SAM 088 | Commanders in Turnout Gear
December 29, 2015 12:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBI recently read with great interest a very long thread on Facebook about whether or not an incident commander should wear turnout gear at a fire scene. As my focus and passion is improving first responder situational awareness, I would like to address this issue from that perspective. The feedback on Facebook was, as expected, all over the place with some participants saying the commander should be in turnout gear. Some said the commander should not be in turnout gear. And some displayed th...
SAM 087 | The Role of Imagination
December 22, 2015 12:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBIf I were to tell you that on an emergency scene it is possible for you to use X-Ray vision, you'd probably think I've been watching too many Superman movies. But it is possible for you to look right through a solid object on an emergency scene and see what's beyond it. Seriously! This episode will explain how that is possible and why this skill is so vitally important to your safety. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC ...
SAM 086 | High reliability organizations
December 15, 2015 12:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBThis episode defines high reliability organizations and looks at the common threads that have emerged in organizations that embrace HRO philosophies. We will look at: Organizational complexity Teamwork How knowledge supersedes rank Communications Accountability Feedback Compressed time constraints Sensitivity to operations Reluctance to simplify Preoccupation with failure Deference to expertise Resilience Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com References for this episode ...
SAM 085 | What is situational awareness?
December 08, 2015 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode we provide a working definition of situational awareness and take the mystery out of how it is developed and maintained by individuals working in high risk, high consequence environments. Specifically, we will discuss: Perception Understanding Prediction Intuition Pattern Matching Tacit Knowledge And we will address some of the reasons why situational awareness can be so challenging to develop and maintain. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music ...
SAM 084 | Interview with County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service Captain Jason Nesbitt and Crew
December 01, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBIn this episode we discussed some really important and valuable topics that all firefighters can face, including: How to maintain control of you own personal situation when you show up on scene of a house fire and find out that it is owned and or occupied by either a family member, loved one, ex partner, friend, etc. The impact that helmet cameras can have on situational awareness, decision making and behavior. How to keep from getting caught off-guard when you arrive at a working inci...
SAM 083 | Interview with Close Call Survivor Tiger Schmittendorf
November 24, 2015 12:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBDispatched to a report of multiple people trapped on the second floor of an apartment building with rising water, Tiger Schmittendorf and two of other members of his department launched their rescue boat and located the victims on in the apartment building. While preparing them for removal the conditions outside changed significantly and the slow moving water became swift moving water. Listen in as he chronicles how the firefighters were able to remove the victims but then almost became vic...
SAM 082 | Interview with John Martens from NMotion UAS
November 17, 2015 12:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBJohn Martens is Founder of NMotion UAS, which provides Drone (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) technologies to public safety professionals and emergency management groups. These technologies enable responders to better assess, execute, and mitigate emergencies. As a firefighter, Martens initially discovered the unmanned aircraft industry through a previous company in video production and digital media. Martens was driven to improve the life safety of his crew members and other responders with a m...
SAM 081 | Interview with Near-Miss Survivors Captain Tim Kohlbeck and Lieutenant Chase Longmiller
November 10, 2015 12:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBOn January 30, 2010, Captain Tim Kohlbeck and Lieutenant Chase Longmiller, assigned to the heavy rescue at Sheboygan Fire Station #1 were dispatched to a structure fire with the possibility of people trapped on the second floor. They were inside conducting the search when conditions when conditions changed quickly. Their decisive actions saved their lives… barely. Lessons learned included: Knowing the buildings in your town – both construction and layout. Building mutual trus...
SAM 080 | Interview with Near-Miss Survivor Morris Lentz
November 03, 2015 12:00 - 55 minutes - 25.2 MBOn February 8, 2009, Lieutenant Lentz (now Assistant Chief) was working a residential dwelling fire when a wall unexpectedly collapsed on him. This resulted in multiple critical injuries including multiple fractured vertebrae, a pelvis fracture, a broken leg, multiple rib fractures and a collapsed lung. He was air lifted to Huntsville Hospital and underwent multiple surgeries and spent nearly a year in rehabilitation therapy, having to learn how to walk again. Listen as he recounts the eve...
SAM 079 | The Overconfident Incompetent
October 27, 2015 11:00 - 21 minutes - 9.69 MBThis discussion includes the four steps in the progression of competency: Step 1: Unconscious incompetence – being unaware of what you do not know. Step 2: Conscious incompetence – being aware of how much you do not know. Step 3: Conscious competence – being aware of how much you know. Step 4: Unconscious competence – being unaware of how much you know. You will also be introduced to the Dunning-Kruger Effect. In 1999, two professors at Cornell University conducted a seri...
SAM 078 | Begin with the end in mind
October 20, 2015 11:00 - 18 minutes - 8.66 MBOne of the essential components of well-developed situational awareness is being able to accurately predict the future. This prediction should be made during the initial scene size up and then it should be updated often as the incident progresses. In this episode, the need to begin with the end in mind will be explored and tips will be provided for how to improve outcome predictions. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC ...
SAM 077 | Rewarding undesirable behaviors
October 13, 2015 11:00 - 16 minutes - 7.51 MBAs it relates to first responders operating in emergency situations, their behaviors can be classified into one of two categories: Desired and undesired. Desired behaviors are those rooted in safety and best practices. Hopefully these are the behaviors taught during basic training and reinforced during on-going training and promoted during emergency responses. Undesired behaviors are those rooted in unsafe behaviors and practices. These can be taught in training or can develop over time ...
SAM 076 | Ontario Fire Service Critical Incident Initiative
October 06, 2015 11:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBThe Ontario Fire Service Critical Incident Initiative was formed when training officers in the province realized that, armed with accurate and timely information about critical incidents, they could use this data to drive training to improve firefighter safety. Currently in the province there is no formal agency whose charge is to capture and share this information with the fire service. While investigations have been completed on many critical incidents, assess to the data has been difficu...
SAM 075 | Interview with Personal Safety Expert Shawn Rafferty
September 29, 2015 13:32 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBToday’s guest is Shawn Rafferty, and expert on how to help people be more aware of their surroundings and how to prevent themselves from become a victim of violent acts. In light of recent events where members of the first responder community have been targeted for acts of violence, I thought this would be a great topic to discuss. However, since it’s not, explicitly, my area of knowledge (personal protection), I brought in the expert. Shawn Rafferty’s background includes having worked as...
SAM 074 | Creating the Thinking Firefighter
September 22, 2015 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode, I discuss how to create thinking firefighters and share powerful examples of how our training may be a set-up for failure not because of poor instruction. Rather, because instructors have not been taught the art and science of decision making on the drill ground. The focus is nearly always in the action of firefighting without consideration for the decision making that should precede the action. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (198...
SAM 073 | Ryan Pennington on Hoarder Home Fires
September 15, 2015 11:41 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBThe latest Book from Ryan Pennington, Hoarder Homes: Pile of Hazards for Firefighters is a culmination of three years of research into fires that occur inside homes filled with large amounts of belongings. Compulsive Hoarding Disorder is a psychological mental condition that affects between 2-5% of adults. With the number of afflicted growing so is the chances of firefighters having to deal with this issue. The book covers: · Introduction to Compulsive Hoarding Disorder · ...
SAM 072 | The dispatcher’s role in forming situational awareness
September 08, 2015 19:18 - 26 minutes - 24 MBSome of the least appreciated members of the emergency response team are the communications specialists (in some venues, termed dispatchers). How do I know this? First, I served as a communications specialist (my job title was dispatcher) early in my career and I was routinely subjected to criticism and ridicule from responders because the information I shared with them wasn’t always accurate – like I was giving them misinformation on purpose. Second, in my situational awareness classes ...
SAM 071 | Why does situational awareness matter?
September 01, 2015 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThis episode is a recording on an interview conducted by Adam Farrar, Fire Chief in Wadesville, Indiana. Chief Farrar’s department hosted a full-day SAMatters Tour stop in August which was the third time Chief Farrar had attended a program. Inspired by the message, Adam decided to write a research paper on the topic for one of his college classes and interviewed Dr. Gasaway on the origins of SAMatters, the definition of SA and the top 10 most challenging SA barriers. Our sponsor: Midwe...
SAM 070 | Your brain on drugs: The impact of acute stress on decision making.
August 25, 2015 12:53 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBSimply stated, the stressed brain does not function the same as the non-stressed brain and for first responders, that’s a BIG DEAL… because the environments we work in are often flooded with stress. Stress changes brain function and these changes can have some very desirable… and some VERY undesirable impacts on your ability to develop and maintain situational awareness and in your ability to make decisions. This episode is going to explore some of the impacts of stress on SA and decision ma...
SAM 069 | Learning from Failure
August 18, 2015 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBYou’ve heard the saying that a person learns more from their mistakes than they do from the things to do right. This is true in life and in firefighting. But there is a place and time to allow failure and this episode is dedicated to explaining how to build failure into your training evolutions. Our sponsor: Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com Intro music Safety Dance (1982) Men Without Hats GMC - Virgin Records Situational Awareness Matters! website www.SAMatters.com Firefighter...
SAM 068 | Teaching Decision Making
August 11, 2015 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBDuring the Mental Management of Emergencies program we talk about the process of how to develop and maintain situational awareness. And then, we talk about how to use situational awareness as the foundation for decision making. Discussions revolve around how we train first responders which requires training both cognitive and kinesthetic skills (i.e., information and muscle movement). Stated another way, teaching the WHAT and WHY (cognitive) and the HOW (kinesthetic). However, on the drill...
SAM 067 | Lieutenant Todd Budd Close Call Survivor
August 04, 2015 18:19 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBLieutenant Todd Budd, at the time of his close call event was serving as the acting officer on Brownsburg ladder company 131. They were dispatched to assist a neighboring community for a working building fire. The call came in after midnight and their on-duty crew of four responded along with a battalion chief. Lt. Budd was the officer of the quint. While responding, information was relayed to the crew (from one of their off-duty officers who was at the scene in an unofficial capacity) ...