FDIC 2025 Preview: Six Steps to Becoming a Critical Decision Maker
This workshop with Michael Barakey will review decision making that occurred on large-scale incidents.
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Talkin’ Tactics: Decision Making for On-the-Job Confidence and Effectiveness
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Adopting a Know Before You Go Mentality for Fire Attack
Jack J. Murphy discusses how preplanning has evolved over the decades in the fire service and where firefighters need to go next.
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Decision Theory for the Fire Service
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Effective Fire Service Leadership: Point-to-Point Decision Making—the Why and the How
The why of critical decision making is evident daily in fire and emergency services. Incident scenes are dynamic, ever changing, nonroutine, and dangerous. Recognition Primed…
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Brain and Fire: Thinking Under Pressure
Marc Coenen considers some of the ways fireground stress can impact firefighter decision making—for better and for worse.
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Controlled Tactical Aggression
Individuals must effectively lead themselves before they can effectively lead others. Mike Norris on how firefighters can mitigate the effects of stress on decision making.
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Preplanning VES Operations: It’s All About the Details
Dennis Reilly provides suggestions on decisions fire departments can make before firefighters arrive on scene where they need to perform vent-enter-search.
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A Philosophy of Science for the Fire Service
After a fatal fire, Marc Coenen sought to better understand how mental shortcuts can impact firefighters' decision-making process.
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Ventilation Deconstructed: A Framework for Decision Making
Nick Papa relates the "ventilation rules of 3s" and discusses the implications of tempo when it comes to structural firefighting operations.
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Mission-Driven Culture: A Path to Success
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Observe, Orient, Decide, Act: The OODA Loop
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