FAILURE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION CAN RESULT IN:
•No Problems (Phew!)•Serious Problems•Injury and Death•Legal Issues
WHICH CAN BE LIFE ALTERING TO YOU AND OTHERS!---Including you family, your friends and your department….…..But we don’t always THINK about the RESULTS or POOR DECISIONS …and the CONSEQUENCES of our ACTIONS.
LOOKING BACKWARDS,
After Negative Situations Occur, We Find That The FAILURE To Make The RIGHT Decisions, Is OFTEN
The Result Of OUR FAILURE To:
OPERATE AS YOU TRAIN AND TRAIN AS YOU OPERATE (The Critical Importance of Religiously Following Dept Orders)
2-SUPERVISORY CORRECTION (Formal or Informal)
When A Supervisor or Someone ..Usually Smarter Than YOU… Recognizes And Issues And Takes Action
To Fix It or STOP it
3-TRAGIC RESULTS When The Self Correction, Supervisory or
Peer Correction FAIL. …a Tragic Or Negative Outcome Now Occurs. It’s When The
Correction, Direction Or Advice Is Often Too Late-BUT The Behavior Still Changes
Due To Legal Action, Injury Or Death
FACTORS IN…MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION INCLUDE:
TIME (Sometimes Its Easy And Little Pressure…But Other
Times The Pressure Is Enormous And Time Is Critical)
TRAININGYour Decision Making Responsibility &
Authority Should Generally MATCH The Situations You May Find Yourself In.
RESOURCES-Pre-Planning The Incident
(Before The Run)-Making Sure Your Resources MATCH Your Situation (Alarm Assignments)
-Making Sure Your SIZE-UP INCLUDES Determining If Your FD is CAPABLE Of Handling The Situation…On Arrival, In 5 Minutes, In 5 Hours….
MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONIS REALLY ABOUT :
-Preparedness (Individual/Organizational) ……And Our Ability To EXCEED The Problem In Resources….
So That We Are Realistically Able To Control That Situation…AND NOT Let It Control Us.