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Firefighter Safety and Health
Making Situational Awareness Part of the Routine

Situational awareness (SA) is vital to firefighter and fireground safety. But how do you ensure SA will be sustained by your crew from the beginning to the end of an event? As Steve Shupert explains, his department built it into their SOPs/SOGs and other regular practices to make SA a part of their everyday routine.
(Saturday, June 2, 2012) read
Tags: area of responsibility, decision-making, everyday routine, human error, quality assurance, situational awareness, Strategy and Tactics
Firefighter Safety
Building Support for Near-Miss Reporting

The National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System was modeled off the Aviation Safety Reporting System; both systems encourage non-punitive, anonymous reporting of non-fatal incidents. Yet the fire service must do more to embrace near-miss reporting and grow our collective body of knowledge.
(Sunday, April 22, 2012) read
Tags: ASRS, aviation safety reporting system, human error, National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System, near-miss, Management and Leadership

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