Brain and Fire: Thinking Under Pressure
Marc Coenen considers some of the ways fireground stress can impact firefighter decision making—for better and for worse.
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Command Show: Survivability Profiling and Situational Awareness
Anthony Kastros and Brian Brush talk with Steve Marsar about situational awareness and survivability profiling.
Sizing Up the Search Effort
In search size-up, firefighters decide where to initiate search and target areas where victims are most likely to be found.
Mayday Monday: Situational Awareness
Review the circumstances surrounding the tragic line-of-duty death of Asheville (NC) Fire Captain Jeff Bowen and lessons learned from the incident.
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Fireground Safety: Risk, Danger, and Situational Awareness
We can do four things with risk: avoid it, transfer it, mitigate it, or accept and manage it. The article expands on these four avenues and discusses situational awareness, which goes hand in hand with risk management, and some ways to train for greater efficiency in risk management.
3AM Innovations, NextNav Improve First Responder Safety and Situational Awareness with Vertical Location
NextNav, the leader in 3D geolocation, has announced a new partnership with 3AM Innovations to deliver improved situational awareness for first responders through vertical location.
Fotokite Launches Firefighter Situational Awareness System in Partnership with Pierce Manufacturing
Pierce Fotokite systems are already installed and operational in major fire departments across the U.S., including integration into Pierce fire apparatus, frontline command vehicles, and fire chiefs’ SUVs.
Mayday Monday: Situational Awareness
Tony Carroll challenges you and your company to complete a drill to sharpen your situational awareness on the fireground.
Richard Gasaway: Flawed Situational Awareness: The Stealth Killer of First Responders
Richard Gasaway discusses the importance of situaion awareness in the fire service.
Situational Awareness on the Fireground
With situational awareness, we extend the size-up concept to continually reading our environment—looking for changes that could affect the firefighting operation or our safety, writes Thomas N. Warren.
Situational Awareness and “Reading a House” Revisited
Some techniques can help you determine the layout of a home before you enter to help you make better decisions related to search and rescue and fire attack. CURTIS RICE
Mayday Monday: Situational Awareness
This week, your assignment is to go look in your area for a building that can mess with your situational awareness.