Fireground decision making:
Understanding the barriers that challenge situational awareness

This book is research conducted and authored by: Richard B. Gasaway, PhD

302 pages

The book will be shipped to the address provided when ordering. Each book is autographed wtih a pesonal message to you from Dr. Gasaway

Book Description: Issues with situational awareness have been implicated in numerous firefighter near-miss and line-of-duty death reports. As the person responsible for sizing up the fire situation and making decisions that impact firefighter safety, the commander must be able to effectively manage the barriers that can impact his or her situation awareness.

In this book, Dr. Gasaway shares the findings of his extensive research of fireground command decision making and what he discovered about the barriers that impact a fireground commander’s situation awareness. He discusses 116 potential barriers to a fireground commander’s situation awareness and provides the reader with recommendations for reducing the impact of the most challenging situational awareness barriers. He also presents 10 best practices to ensure the development and maintenance of strong situational awareness needed to make quality decisions on the fireground.

About the author

Richard B. Gasaway, PhD, CSP is widely considered a trusted authority on human factors, situational awareness and the high-risk decision making processes used in high-stress, high consequence work environments. He served 33 years on the front lines as a firefighter, EMT-Paramedic, company officer, training officer, fire chief and emergency incident commander. His doctoral research included the study of cognitive neuroscience to understand how human factors flaw situational awareness and impact high-risk decision making.