Part 1 (Decision Making and Situational Awareness) Chapter 1: Introduction

Question 1

A FF ________ causes members and investigators to ask hard questions about why it happened and how it could have been avoided

Answer 1

LODD

Question 2

When a first responder dies in the line of duty, the investigation reports often look at the

Answer 2

• depts safety policies and procedures
• the adequacy and maintenance of equipment
• training level of the responders
• whether the incident was being managed to nationally accepted standards and best practices

Question 3

The right question is ________. This question helps you step into the shoes or mind/mind set of the responders, attempting to understand how they saw and interpreted the situation at in the moment

Answer 3

Why did what they were doing, at the moment in time when things went wrong, make sense to them?

Question 4

The judging mind is not a _____ mind

Answer 4

learning

Question 5

Decision researchers improve our understanding of how high-risk, high-consequence decisions are made by observing ______ during emergency operations

Answer 5

commanders