1. FireFront: A method for measuring and training firefighter sensemaking across multiple training platforms
ERASMUS+

2. PARTNERS University of Gloucestershire - United Kingdom
Østjyllands Brandvæsen (East Jutland Fire Department) - Denmark
Copenhagen University College - Denmark
SISEKAITSEAKADEEMIA (The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences) - Estonia
Institut de Seguretat Pública de Catalunya – Catalonia (Spain)
Provincie Limburg PLOT – Belgium
Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid - Netherlands

3. OBJECTIVE
Develop the FireFront tool for assessing Situational Awareness and Situational Understanding in firefighters across a wide range of training scenarios and techniques

4. Situational Awareness (SA) Situational Understanding (SU)
Capacity of human brain to maintain an accurate understanding, or mental-model, of a situation when there are competing demands.
Situational Understanding (SU)
Reflects the ability of individuals to use information available to them, combined with their knowledge and experience to, “make sense” of the situation

5. Usable for creating and testing scenario’s and output
Tool current status
80% finished
Usable for creating and testing scenario’s and output
How the tool works?

6. Pilot study Simple to administer – simple T/F probes.
Can be ‘designed in’ to a study, or added on to an existing scenario
Gives a wide range of useful measures that can be used to examine general theory (visual vs auditory) as well as individual profiles