Master Instructor SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MATTERS ELIZABETHTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States
Most emergency service providers or general industry workers who work around hazardous materials may know intuitively, that strong situational awareness is an important aspect of safety. However, many do not understand how detrimental it can become when your situational awareness erodes or becomes flawed. This program focuses on some of the most pervasive and detrimental situational awareness barriers first responders and hazmat team members will face while operating in stress-filled, dynamically changing hazardous environments. Attendees of this program will learn what the SA development process is, specific examples of detrimental barriers that can erode situational awareness and the best practices to overcome these detrimental barriers.
Learning Objectives:
Students will learn the definition of Situational Awareness and the developmental process as it relates to hazmat based on three keywords: Perception, Understanding, and Prediction
Students will learn over a dozen detrimental barriers that can flaw your situational awareness and ability to make decisions during high risk, high consequence hazmat events.
Students will learn the best practices to overcome these detrimental barriers that impact situational awareness during hazmat related events.