SAMatters Radio

SAMatters Radio

By Dr. Richard B. GasawayScienceEducation
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SAMatters Radio episodes

  • SAM 170 | Interview with Brad Davidson

    It is so easy to trudge over your intuition and to trust your logical, rational form of thinking. Not only can this be unwise, it can also be deadly. Today's guest shares an experience where he trusted his intuition and it saved his life. Unfortunately, others working on this job site were not so lucky as there were 13 injuries (3 critical) and one fatality.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Brad Davidson contact information

    [email protected]

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    50 min
  • SAM 169 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 5

    If you have spent time reading a large number of firefighter fatality reports you might start to see the real-life manifestation of Einstein's definition of insanity. In fact, I would go as far as to say we've gotten to the point where we are discovering very few new ways to kill firefighters. Rather, we're taking all the ways we already know how to do it and we're perfecting it by doing it over and over… and over… and over… again. This is Einstein's insanity personified. In this series we will examine some potential explanations for this insanity.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    27 min
  • SAM 168 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 4

    If you have spent time reading a large number of firefighter fatality reports you might start to see the real-life manifestation of Einstein's definition of insanity. In fact, I would go as far as to say we've gotten to the point where we are discovering very few new ways to kill firefighters. Rather, we're taking all the ways we already know and we're perfecting it by doing it over and over… and over… and over… again. This is Einstein's insanity personified. In this series, we will examine some potential explanations for this insanity.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    24 min
  • SAM 167 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 3

    If you have spent time reading a large number of firefighter fatality reports you might start to see the real-life manifestation of Einstein's definition of insanity. In fact, I would go as far as to say we've gotten to the point where we are discovering very few new ways to kill firefighters. Rather, we're taking all the ways we already know how to do it and we're perfecting it by doing it over and over… and over… and over… again. This is Einstein's insanity personified. In this series, we will examine some potential explanations for this insanity.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    30 min
  • SAM 166 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 2

    If you have spent time reading a large number of firefighter fatality reports you might start to see the real-life manifestation of Einstein's definition of insanity. In fact, I would go as far as to say we've gotten to the point where we are discovering very few new ways to kill firefighters. Rather, we're taking all the ways we already know and we're perfecting it by doing it over and over… and over… and over… again. This is Einstein's insanity personified. In this series, we will examine some potential explanations for this insanity.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    26 min
  • SAM 165 | Situational Awareness Insanity – Part 1

    If you have spent time reading a large number of firefighter fatality reports you might start to see the real-life manifestation of Einstein's definition of insanity. In fact, I would go as far as to say we've gotten to the point where we are discovering very few new ways to kill firefighters. Rather, we're talking about all the ways we already know how to do it and we're perfecting it by doing it over and over… and over… and over… again. This is Einstein's insanity personified. In this series, we will examine some potential explanations for this insanity.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    27 min
  • SAM 164 | Predicting the future

    Developing situational awareness is a three-part process that begins with perception, and then understanding, and finally prediction – or forecasting what is going to happen in the future. Many first responders are good at the perception and understanding part, but the prediction part can present some real challenges. This episode discusses the process for predicting future outcomes.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    31 min
  • SAM 163 | Lynchburg FD House Fire Near Miss – Part 2

    In this episode, I interview three members of the Lynchburg Fire Department who responded to a structure fire where conditions changed rapidly and caused the crews to leave the structure just short of being over-run by the fire.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    48 min
  • SAM 162 | Lynchburg FD House Fire Near Miss – Part 1

    In this episode, I interview three members of the Lynchburg Fire Department who responded to a structure fire where conditions changed rapidly and caused the crews to leave the structure just short of being over-run by the fire.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    40 min
  • SAM 161 | Soldier Township Tornado Near Miss

    This episode is an interview Karl McNorton, Dusty Nichols and Joe Hawkins who were involved in a brush fire incident that was complicated when a tornado was reported in their vicinity, casing the crews to take cover in nearby homes.

    Our sponsor:

    Midwest Fire MidwestFire.com

    Intro music

    Safety Dance (1982)

    Men Without Hats

    GMC - Virgin Records

    Licensed by BMI Music

    Situational Awareness Matters! website

    www.SAMatters.com

    Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System

    http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

    Contact Rich Gasaway

    www.RichGasaway.com

    [email protected]

    612-548-4424

    50 min

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The mission of the Situational Awareness Matters! Radio Show is to help you see the bad things coming... in time to avoid bad outcomes by improving your understanding of human factors, situational…