The Physiological Response to Stress Firefighting is dangerous and stressful work. Under stress, your body (and your brain) react in certain physiological ways. You cannot...
"AFD used to manage by anecdote, intuition, and assumption. With QlikView, our decisions are based on data-supported facts. We can test an assumption before we...
This is a video of the Billings, MT Fire Department using FLAME-SIM to train fireground communications and decision making for the IC and company officers....
911interviews.com coming in March 2010 How many interviews do you need to go through before you feel confident and comfortable? Not everyone wishing to join...
Understanding the HOW and WHY of decision making To be able to make a recogntion-primed decision, you must have stored experiences to draw on... you...
This is an interview I conducted with Captain Chris Klein of the Woodbury, Minnesota fire department following a training session I was invited to observe...
Rhea Cooper - Fire Chief, Retired, Lubbock, TX This session will provide in-depth information on the decision-making involved in the 2006 Wylie Propane Plant Fire...
Pressured Into Heroic Action Sometimes firefighters can feel pressured into taking undue risks... feeling pressured to take some heroic action. This can come from the...