34 Questions
Which skills are necessary to maintain situational awareness?
Monitoring, evaluating, anticipating, and considering
What is emphasized as the key to maintaining present situational awareness?
Thinking ahead of the situation
What is the most important thing in maintaining situational awareness?
Focusing on what is right, not who is right
What is the first step to avoid tunnel vision on the fire scene?
Ensure the command officer remains at the command unit
What is the second step to avoid fixation on the fire scene?
Appoint a safety officer whose sole purpose is to ensure all operations are conducted safely
What is the third step to avoid fixation and maintain situational awareness?
Provide time prompts from dispatch or an on-scene timer
What concept did the aviation industry enact to limit communications during certain flight phases?
Sterile cockpit
What was recognized as one of the problems facing FFs by the Tri-Data study?
Information overload
What results in matched expectations and fewer distractions according to the text?
Doing the same thing the same way every time
What is the first step in avoiding loss of situational awareness caused by distraction?
Minimize the level of distractions
What is the second step to maintain situational awareness caused by distraction?
Train to recognize distractions
What is emphasized as a potential consequence of information overload in relation to situational awareness?
Decreased short-term memory
What happens to short-term memory as information overload increases?
It decreases
How does the human animal react to stress according to the text?
In a predictable fashion
What does the human animal begin to rely on as information overload increases?
Memories stored in long-term memory
What is over-learning?
Over-training a task beyond the level of initial proficiency
What is the recommended strategy for decreasing stress in less experienced FFs?
Pre-briefing the situation
What is the purpose of developing communication skills?
To develop a shared mental model of the situation
What is one major key to loss of situational awareness on the fireline?
Complacency
What is one of the most important indicators of situational awareness?
Looking for what is not there that should be
What can affect anyone in different situations?
Situational inexperience
What is the first step in maintaining situational awareness?
Break the situation into manageable tasks to avoid feeling overwhelmed
What does training add to a firefighter's experience?
Creates events that rarely happen in real life
How does pressure affect people's behavior?
Leads to reliance on long-term memory for decision making
What is one way to accomplish shedding tasks?
Delegating the tasks to another person
What is NASA Space Division known for regarding contingency planning?
Planning and anticipating every contingency
What should a firefighter do if they suspect a loss of situational awareness?
Revert immediately to the basics
What are the three key aspects of fire-plan-people?
What is the fire doing, how is the plan working, how are the people doing
What is the capacity of working memory?
Seven plus minus two pieces of information
What happens to an individual's working memory under stress?
It diminishes
What does chunking refer to in the context of memory?
Putting information in a relational group
What is the purpose of training-in-context theory according to the text?
To train as closely as possible to the way one would perform in real-life scenarios
What factors does the accuracy of long-term memory access depend on?
Frequency, recency, and relevance
Why does a person normally revert to prior over-learned behaviors in a stressful situation?
Working memory and reasoning processes break down
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