MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS…

It Is NOT Always Easy…BUT IT MUST BE DONE BY ALL OF US…At ALL levels of the Fire & EMS Service

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:

PLAN AHEAD

DEVELOP “REAL” POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

TRAIN ON THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

“REALLY” SUPERVISE AND LEAD YOUR PERSONNEL-AND ENFORCE

THE S.O.P’s

UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE TO ACTIVELY LEAD AS A FIRE OFFICER

HAVE “REAL” DISCIPLINE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION

FOLLOW DEPARTMENT ORDERS (vs Doing Whatever You Want To DO!)

Properly SIZE-UP! (And That Applies To More Than Just Fires!)

Continuously & SERIOUSLY Train At The Company Level

OPERATE AS YOU TRAIN AND TRAIN AS YOU OPERATE (The Critical Importance of Religiously Following Dept Orders)

Pre-Recognize Problems That Are LYING IN WAIT

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF

BEHAVIORAL CORRECTION

1-SELF CORRECTION When Our Training, Discipline and

Conscious Kicks In On Its’ Own

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.

THANK YOU-SEE YOU AT CFSI!(BE THERE..It’s The RIGHT Decision)