Episode 199 | Chesterfield County Interview – Part 2
This episode is part two of a three-part interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel. Length: 58 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of...
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This episode is the third (and final) segment of an interview with Chesterfield County Battalion Chief Joy Knicely and Captain Rick Grassel. Length: 50 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full...
View ArticleEpisode 201 | When Unexpected Things Happen
In this episode, we explore what happens when faced with unexpected situations and your brain tries to make sense of the unexpected. Length: 33 minutes Click the YouTube icon to listen to this episode...
View ArticleEpisode 202 | Relationship Bias
The episode explores how relationship bias can impact situational awareness. Length: 29 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen The post Episode 202 | Relationship Bias appeared first on Situational...
View ArticleEpisode 203 | Normalization of Deviance
When we are operating under conditions of stress and consequence, coupled with changing conditions and time compression, we can feel a sense of urgency and this can cause us to want to take a shortcut...
View ArticleEpisode 204 | Assumptions
When we are operating under conditions of stress and consequence, coupled with changing conditions and time compression, we can feel a sense of urgency and this can cause us to want to take a shortcut...
View ArticleEpisode 205 | Frustration
This episode examines how frustration can impact your situational awareness. Length: 27 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen __________________________________________________ If...
View ArticleEpisode 206 | Competing Goals
This episode examines how competing goals can impact situational awareness. Length: 31 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen __________________________________________________ If...
View ArticleEpisode 207 | Selective Listening
This episode examines how selective listening can impact situational awareness. Length: 27 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen __________________________________________________ If...
View ArticleEpisode 208 | Team Situational Awareness
In this episode we discuss the importance of team situational awareness and how it can improve or impact safety. Length: 29 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen...
View ArticleEpisode 209 | Tacit knowledge
In this episode we discuss how tacit knowledge helps in the formation of situational awareness and high-risk decision making. Length: 30 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen...
View ArticleEpisode 210 | Observations and lessons from FDIC
This episode shares observations and lessons learned from the 2018 International Fire Department Instructors Conference. Length: 64 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen...
View ArticleEpisode 211 | 4th Anniversary episode
This episode celebrates the 4th anniversary of the SAMatters show and chronicles the history of the founder and his tireless mission to improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making....
View ArticleEpisode 212 | Jim Woolf Interview – Part 1
This episode is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Twinsburg (Ohio) Fire-Medic Jim Woolf. Length: 42 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview!...
View ArticleEpisode 213 | Jim Woolf Interview – Part 2
This episode is Part 2 of a two-part interview with Twinsburg (Ohio) Fire-Medic Jim Woolf. Length: 44 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview!...
View ArticleEpisode 214 | Dave Beauregard Interview – Part 1
This episode is Part 1 of a two-part near-miss interview with Chicopee Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Beauregard. Length: 47 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this...
View ArticleEpisode 215 | Dave Beauregard Interview – Part 2
This episode is Part 2 of a two-part near-miss interview with Chicopee Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Beauregard. Length: 50 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this...
View ArticleEpisode 216 | Task Fixation – A Barrier to Awareness
This episode examines how task fixation can impact situational awareness while working in high-risk environments. Length: 30 minutes click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO of this interview!...
View ArticleEpisode 217 | Overstaffing
This episode explores how over staffing can impact situational awareness. Length: 29 minutes Click the YouTube icon to watch the full VIDEO __________________________________________________...
View ArticleEpisode 218 | Sean Dolan Interview
This episode revisits an interview conducted on September 1, 2014 with Sean Dolan from the Aurora (Colorado) Fire Department about his near-miss event. Length: 78 minutes Click the YouTube icon to...
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