Latest Incidentcommand Podcast Episodes
Preventing a Mass Shooter Event – the Darin Wall Story (SAM 379)
SAMatters Radio - September 21, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsOn September 4, Grayhawk bass player, Darin Wall, stopped a potential mass shooting by preventing a man from gaining entry into a private party at an event where the band had played earlier in the evening. Wall thought the man was acting strange, so he confronted him. The man pulled a gun an...
When Training Goes Wrong – The Stan Mettinger Story (SAM 378)
SAMatters Radio - September 14, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsStan Mettinger was setting up a training scenario that involved setting vehicles on fire. He was using diesel fuel to ignite hay inside the vehicle when the vapors flashed and set Stan on fire resulting in first, second and third degree burns.
A Father’s Tale of Loss – The Nada Fronk Story – Part 2 (SAM 377)
SAMatters Radio - September 07, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsOn May 26, 2021, Monte Fronk, native American and Emergency Manager for the Mille Lacs Bank of Ojibwe received the most unimaginable news a father could receive. His daughter had been violently murdered. This episode, dedicated to Monte’s daughter, Nada, chronicles the events surrounding her ...
A Father’s Tale of Loss – The Nada Fronk Story – Part 1 (SAM 376)
SAMatters Radio - August 31, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsOn May 26, 2021, Monte Fronk, native American and Emergency Manager for the Mille Lacs Bank of Ojibwe received the most unimaginable news a father could receive. His daughter had been violently murdered. This episode, dedicated to Monte’s daughter, Nada, chronicles the events surrounding her ...
Traditional Decision Making Process (SAM 375)
SAMatters Radio - June 01, 2021 16:34 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn the early days of decision making research, most of the studies were conducted in college classrooms and laboratories. These settings were nothing like the high-risk, high-consequence environments faced by public safety providers. Nonetheless, the traditional decision making process does have...
Communications Issues Impact Situational Awareness (SAM 374)
SAMatters Radio - May 25, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsUnder the best of conditions there can be miscommunications. When you add stress, uncertainty, changing conditions, and risk, communications can become very challenging. The first level of developing situational awareness is capturing the clues and cues from the environment. This includes capt...
Staffing Issues Impact Situational Awareness (SAM 373)
SAMatters Radio - May 18, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsChallenges to a decision maker’s situational awareness from issues related to staffing were among the most significant findings from my research. I can make this bold statement for several reasons. First, from the multiple card sort exercise, forty‑three percent of the cards selected by comman...
Think Past, Present and Future (SAM 372)
SAMatters Radio - May 11, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsFlawed situational awareness (SA) is one of the leading contributing factors to first responder near-miss and casualty events. In fact, it is nearly impossible to find a line-of-duty death investigation report that does not implicate flawed SA, or one of the barriers that flaw SA, as contributin...
Simulations (SAM 371)
SAMatters Radio - May 04, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsYour highest level of situational awareness is formed when you are able to make accurate predictions about future events. In neuroscience, this is called projection and it simply means you are able to predict, or project, the future events. This is accomplished through mental models you develop ...
Expectations (SAM 370)
SAMatters Radio - April 27, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsYour highest level of situational awareness is formed when you are able to make accurate predictions about future events. In neuroscience, this is called projection and it simply means you are able to predict, or project, the future events. This is accomplished through mental models you develop ...
Complacency Kills (SAM 369)
SAMatters Radio - April 20, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsComplacency is a dangerous affliction and a very challenging barrier to situational awareness for workers in high-risk environments. When a worker becomes complacent they let their guard down. What does that mean? It’s a cliché – to let your guard down. It means the worker is no longer paying at...
Distractions and Interruptions (SAM 368)
SAMatters Radio - April 13, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsAlong a worker’s journey toward envisioning, developing, and implementing their plan to guide their (hopefully) successful outcome, they are likely to encounter two situational awareness barriers that can quickly derail their focus. Distractions and interruptions occur for different reason...
Short-Term Memory (SAM 367)
SAMatters Radio - April 06, 2021 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsShort-term memory can create a formidable challenge to situational awareness. Long-term memory is huge, some might argue it’s limitless. Short-term memory, not so much. The capacity of the average person’s short-term memory is about seven pieces of unrelated information, give or take a few. We’l...
Firefighter Wellness: Leading a balanced life. Dr. Donnie Hutchinson – Part 2 (SAM 366)
SAMatters Radio - March 30, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDr. Donnie explores the health and wellness qualities that make for successful firefighters and other first responders at work and home. He teaches how and why firefighters and first responders need to put their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs first. Dr. Donnie educates fi...
Firefighter Wellness: Leading a balanced life. Dr. Donnie Hutchinson – Part 1 (SAM 365)
SAMatters Radio - March 23, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDr. Donnie explores the health and wellness qualities that make for successful firefighters and other first responders at work and home. He teaches how and why firefighters and first responders need to put their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs first. Dr. Donnie educates fi...
My life changed forever in a split second – The John Moore Story Part 2 (SAM 364)
SAMatters Radio - March 16, 2021 15:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJohn Moore lives in Southwest Ohio with his wife of nearly 15 years and their two children (ages 7 and 9). He attended Sinclair Community College directly out of high school and earned his firefighter 2, fire inspector, and paramedic certifications. He worked part-time for Clearcreek Fire Distri...
My life changed forever in a split second – The John Moore Story Part 1 (SAM 363)
SAMatters Radio - March 09, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJohn Moore lives in Southwest Ohio with his wife of nearly 15 years and their two children (ages 7 and 9). He attended Sinclair Community College directly out of high school and earned his firefighter 2, fire inspector, and paramedic certifications. He worked part-time for Clearcreek Fire Distri...
Live Events Q & A (SAM 362)
SAMatters Radio - March 02, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThis Q&A session addresses 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: ...
Six Red Flags for Danger (SAM 361)
SAMatters Radio - February 23, 2021 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe 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. Contact us ...
Working Command (SAM 360)
SAMatters Radio - February 16, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsI 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 activ...
19 Ways Communications can Impact SA (SAM 359)
SAMatters Radio - February 09, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsFirst 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 ...
Conducting Realistic Fire Training (SAM 358)
SAMatters Radio - February 02, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this episode we put the shoe on the other foot… and I am interviewed by Chris Crawford is a firefighter with the Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Fire Department and a Public Administration major at Point Park University. Chris was writing a paper on firefighter training for his Applications of Fir...
Contact with a 33kV Electric Line: The Sioux Falls Fire Department Story (SAM 357)
SAMatters Radio - January 26, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsFirst 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 ...
Peer Pressure (SAM 356)
SAMatters Radio - January 19, 2021 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsFirst 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 ...
Information Overload (SAM 355)
SAMatters Radio - January 12, 2021 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe 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 t...
Five Situational Awareness Lessons from a LODD Incident (SAM 354)
SAMatters Radio - January 05, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe 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 t...
Creatures of Habit (SAM 353)
SAMatters Radio - December 29, 2020 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsGood 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. Contact us...
Intuition (SAM 352)
SAMatters Radio - December 22, 2020 16:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsIt is amazing how many articles and videos I have watched lately in which they are talking about decision making based on “gut feel.” It is also disheartening how many first responders I have interviewed who have admitted to me that they have dismissed their gut feelings and proceeded to do thin...
The Overconfident Incompetent (SAM 351)
SAMatters Radio - December 15, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThis 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 y...
The John Vanatta Story – Part 2 (SAM 350)
SAMatters Radio - December 08, 2020 16:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe Denver Drill that John discusses had been performed all week using two ladders and two firefighters at the sill. But the crew on duty on this day was confident that they could perform the drill using one ladder and one firefighter. In the process of removing Chief Vanatta (the victim) from...
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