Situational Awareness

Past strategies of officer or rescue arrival, establishment of incident command(s), operational planning, and specialty unit deployment (such as SWAT or SRT) simply do not work for the active school shooter critical incident. Time is of the essence, and first responders have to act nearly instantaneously. Progressive agencies have noted the importance of creating policies and procedures that specify the action that first responders will take in the event of an active threat, and for the most part, they are training accordingly on methods which use small teams, or even pairs. In the instance of an active shooter, the school will be locked down upon public safety personnel’s arrival. For the first arriving units, police and rescue personnel have to mesh together and address the threat while keeping open communication with additional responding units. When possible, a fire-rescue medic may be placed with two or more law enforcement officers to assist in rescue and treatment efforts, in addition to serving as an additional observer (Morris, 2014). Rapid entry and quick advancement toward the active threat is absolutely paramount for victims’ survival, and in most circumstances, this will be the responsibility of the first few arriving personnel. These

There are several positive advancements that have been realized in fire emergency response over time. Benchmarking on the current status, the Houston Fire Department is likely to evolve in three key areas. First, technological advancement. At the moment, Project Ethan has brought a revolution in emergency response service. Project Ethan has been rolled out across the firehouses in the city. Project Ethan is a solution where people used video chats to communicate with medical doctors on emergencies and receive emergency care services. At the moment, referrals are made between 10am and 6pm on weekdays. From the trends seen with this product, many people are adopting this technology. As a matter of fact, there is a

Situational awareness in the Radiology setting is an important aspect in keeping the patient and nurses safe. Due to the potential harm of radiation and the increased need for safety in ambulatory settings, nurses need to practice situational awareness. During my Radiology observation, I was able to practice being situationally aware and learn the importance of safety in the ambulatory environment.

A literature review was conducted on the subjects of time management, staffing, and hour allocation for the environmental factors. The same review was conducted on the attitudinal factors of firefighters related to preplanning. The National Fire Protection standard 1620 Standard for Pre-Incident Planning (NFPA 2015) was reviewed along with reviews of past research papers and emails to fire departments to see what procedures have been used

Having self-awareness during emergency situations is a vital piece to protecting yourself as well as others. It is crucial to be aware of signs that will lead to endangerment such as a fire alarm going off. As a medical assistant, it is important to help patients evacuate the building safely as fast as possible, but in order to do that, you must protect yourself and your coworkers. Therefore, having an easy to understand strategic evacuation plan will be beneficial in efficiently removing patients from the building. Communicating with your team as well as the patients to make sure everyone understands what to do is important. When you are evacuating, always remain as low as possible to minimalize the smoke and heat. Always remember to check

They approach the location of the fire; yellow caution tape surrounds the scene. An ambulance is parked adjacent to the front. A police officer stands by the door at the top of the stoop. Ducking under the tape, Cander

Consequently, the drills we do should be more than by the numbers drills, they should be operations that imitate what we will do at the emergency scene. They should be our “bread and butter” drills that we must get correct, every time. These drills must emulate what we do on the fire ground as a department. The goal should be training that becomes a common reaction and not a focus on what we remember as a one, two, three process.

The studies surrounding the Incident Command System (ICS) explicitly state the importance of its use on all emergency responses. The challenge that is always possible at every incident is, “what happens when that relationship you have developed with your partner falters and the organization of the simple, single patient call begins to fall apart?” (Owens, 55). Using the ICS framework creates the basis for first responders to formulate an organized response that is resilient and established. In the smallest, routine incidents ICS is used for scene size up and establishing structure.

According to Everyone Goes Home “Fire command must carefully measure and control risks to save valuable property that can be saved.” Every life is valuable whether that be the victim to be saved or the firefighter there to save. A fireground must be evaluated properly before rushing in. When a fire becomes out of saving measures, firefighters should not be put at risk to save a lost cause. If there can be no good outcome, then there is no need to make the situation worse by sending a team in on a failed mission. Officers must take into account that every life is valuable, no matter the person or circumstance. The best outcome will always be that with the most people alive. Firefighting is a life saving commitment, but risk management puts into perspective that the firefighters have their own lives to protect as well.

However, the firefighters are going to need to use these strategies as well. They’ll need to critically think about how they can possibly get the people out and away from the buildings alive. They’ll also have to think about how they’re going to be able to navigate up the stairs with 60-70 pounds of gear. Although it was a tough job they went up as far as they could and did everything they could to help the people in the buildings. Yes, it is their job, but they could have easily said they want to live and tried saving themselves instead.

The fire ladders are well kept and are always ready to respond, I talk to some of the firefighters in my way to clinically as early as 5:00

Situational Awareness is knowing and being alert to what’s going on around you; in your daily life, your neighborhood, your state, your country and in the world. Whether it is politics, the economy, or the weather, all of the events of today could be the spark that ignites a serious disaster on a personal, local or global scale tomorrow. Situational awareness is essential, especially when you realize that you really only have yourself to depend on.

Completing this project helped me to realize that there are an infinite amount of ways to look at different scenarios. Perception is completely controlled by the person perceiving. For example, rain can either mean depression and hopelessness, but it can also symbolizes cleansing and peace. It helped my come to the realization that there is birth in death. I relate to this because of the death of my father, there was the birth of a new me. There was the birth of a new me who is able to sympathize more intimately with others, a new me who has a stronger appreciation for the life I’ve been given. This project has taught me that there will always be love and life amongst death and hatred. This has taught me to look at life and unfortunate situations

Windygrid uses sophisticated predictive models to identify highly risk prone areas and help the city government to proactively resolve them. With the help of WindyGrid the city officials have been able to address a variety of issues such as :

After several interviews and research, as a group we realized that a problem in the system was the response time. When doing our research we figured out that many fire engines were actually arriving faster at the scene and not the ambulance. The article “Ambulances: Basic info about a service you may take for granted” states that, “Ambulances are required to arrive at their destination no more than 8 minutes and 59 seconds from the time they are dispatched by 911”(Zamosky, 2014). As a group we determined that the timing was a bit too long, so we decided to continued to research and do more interviews. Through one of my interview, a Fire Captain said, “ ways to try and improve it are education of the general public as to what constitutes a