This is live facilitated training presented through Zoom.

Course Duration: 2 hours.

Includes live chat and live Q&A.

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

Course Description

Have you ever wondered how firefighters can arrive on the scene of a building on fire and within a few minutes develop and implement an action plan designed to save lives and property?

Here’s a hint: They don’t form committees to study and analyze the problem and then advance their recommendations up the chain of command for senior management consideration.

Life and death fire ground decisions are made, on average, in 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

How do they do it? This program reveals the secrets of how fire commanders make high-stress, high-consequence decisions under time compression with changing conditions.

The presenter served 30+ years as a first responder including 22 years as a fire ground commander. In addition to the lessons founded in his practical experience, he will share some surprising findings from neuroscience he uncovered while completing his doctoral research on first responder situational awareness and high-risk decision making.

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.