Situational awareness is more complex than simply noticing what is happening around you. An emergency responder must capture clues and cues in the emergency environment, make sense of the information, and predict what will happen next.
In Situational Awareness for Emergency Response, Richard Gasaway establishes the foundation of decision making and the role of situational awareness in high-risk public safety environments. He explains his original research on command decisions and the barriers that challenge a commander's situational awareness, and offers lessons learned and best practices that can assist responders in preventing or overcoming the situational awareness barriers.
Situational Awareness for Emergency Response is an ideal resource for incident commanders, line personnel who make high-stress decisions, and students learning to develop and maintain situational awareness.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I : Decision Making and Situational Awareness
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Traditional Decision-Making Process
Chapter 3 : Recognition-Primed Decision-Making Process
Chapter 4 : Situational Awareness
Chapter 5 : Situational Awareness Research
Part II : Barriers to Commander Situational Awareness
Chapter 6 : Staffing
Chapter 7 : Communications
Chapter 8 : Physical and Mental Stress
Chapter 9 : Workload Management
Chapter 10 : Human Factor
Chapter 11 : Attention Management
Chapter 12 : Command Support
Chapter 13 : Data and Information Management
Chapter 14 : Mission and Goals
Chapter 15 : Mental Model
Chapter 16 : Command Location
Chapter 17 : Teamwork
Part III : Lessons & Best Practices
Chapter 18 : Lessons for First Responders
Chapter 19 : Fireground Command Best Practices
Chapter 20 : 25-Point Command Health Check-Up
Epilogue
Index
