The following is an excerpt from the new book "How Smart Police Officers Use Situational Awareness to Improve Safety" by Richard B. Gasaway and Drew W. Moldenhauer. Click here to order your copy and ...

One thing that’s stood out to me and that I’ve come to value about our industry is the emphasis placed on building a culture of safety. Recently, I was thinking about one preventative safety tactic in ...

Situational awareness (SA), defined as "knowing what is going on around you," is fundamental for aviation safety and risk management, despite often lacking a clear, actionable definition in industry ...

Real-time situational awareness (RSTA) is crucial in numerous fields, particularly in public safety, transportation and emergency management. It enables decision-makers and first responders to quickly ...

Publisher Andy Tarnoff chats with our active assailant and situational awareness instructor Dan about ways to prepare for a critical incident, key strategies to think about, how the variety of classes ...

Experts from Psychology Today suggest that true situational awareness unfolds in three key stages. First, it starts with a fundamental perception of your surroundings. Next, it involves understanding ...

Aristotle had a lot to say about our moral development, but it turns out he also talked a good deal about something called situational luck. For Aristotle, all our habits — good or bad, learnt or not ...

Running a business requires a 360-degree look at threats, as well as what is needed to succeed for the future. This is woven into the fabric of many successful firms. When disasters strike, either ...

The hallway is tight, hot, and getting tighter. The line is moving. Not fast, but steady. The nozzleman is focused—eyes forward, body low, pushing toward what he believes is the seat of the fire. The ...

Situational awareness is one of the most important strategies you can use to improve your chances of making good decisions and taking the right course of action when it matters most. Situational ...