This is live facilitated training presented through Zoom.

Course Duration: 3 hours.

Includes live chat and live Q&A.

Includes a 7-day recorded playback for anyone who could not attend live.

Course Description

Often times fire department promotions are made based on an arbitrary process that may include a test and an interview. The candidate ranking highest gets promoted and with a new helmet donned, is vaulted into the position of commanding emergencies.

But there is a problem with this process: There is a high probability the newly promoted commander will be under-prepared for the challenges and complexities of being the incident’s ultimate decision maker.

There must be a better way. This program is designed to help commanders who work in high-stress, high consequence, time compressed environments where conditions can change rapidly.

About the presenter

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.