Situational Awareness

Question 1

Effective situational awareness

Answer 1

1) Clear briefing
2) Effective spans of control
3) Minimizing distractions
4) Regular reviews
5) Self aware of stress and fatigue

Question 2

Stages of Situational Awareness

Answer 2

1) Info Gathering
2) Understanding Info
3) Anticipation

Question 3

Why Do IC Fail To Gather Info Correctly

Answer 3

1) Incomplete Info
2) Distractions
3) Tunnel Vision
4) Confirmation Bias
5) Fail To Scan/Rescan The Incident
6) Info Difficult To Detect
7) Misperception or Misunderstanding
8) Poor Communication From Others

Question 4

Why do you need to maintain Situational Awareness

Answer 4

Incident SitAw May lead the incident commander to over look important information.

May result in failure to reverse a decision as knew Info don’t fit with current plan.

This is conformation bias.

Question 5

Factors that affect situational awareness

Answer 5

Location of incident command Point

Limitation of human perception systems.

Information overload.

Stress.

Fatigue.

Tunnel vision.

Confirmation bias.

Auto actions.

Mental model.