At a founding conference on situation awareness in the mid-1990s, safety veteran Charles Billings wondered aloud whether the use of “situation awareness” was necessary to explain what causes people to ...
One thing that’s stood out to me and that I’ve come to value about our industry is the emphasis placed on building a culture of safety. Recently, I was thinking about one preventative safety tactic in ...
Every crew that arrives on the scene of an incident needs to conduct a size-up. It's an essential component to ensuring strategic and tactical success as well as improving firefighter safety. The ...
Amy Irwin received funding from the ESRC for a PhD studentship (student: Oliver Hamlet) which will investigate non-technical skills in helicopter flight. Oliver Hamlet receives funding from the ESRC ...
In all branches of emergency response, there are common themes and definitions that are held to be universal. In recent years, one of these terms has been situational awareness. Whether you are a ...
911inform has many use cases, from schools and financial institutions to health-care settings and state government. The tool can provide immediate situational awareness in response to an intruder or ...
SAN ANTONIO – To get out of an abusive relationship, you first have to realize that you’re in one. It can be difficult to detect since the control in domestic violence typically progresses slowly and ...
STUTTGART, Germany -- Not everyone is expected to respond correctly and immediately when faced with a dangerous situation. However, community members who take situational awareness training are better ...
On June 19, Iran shot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly leading President Donald Trump to authorize — and later call off — strikes against targets inside Iran.