1. MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS…

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

3. 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.

4. LOOKING BACKWARDS, After Negative Situations Occur, We Find That The FAILURE To Make The RIGHT Decisions, Is OFTEN The Result Of OUR FAILURE To:

5. PLAN AHEAD

6. DEVELOP “REAL” POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

7. TRAIN ON THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

8. “REALLY” SUPERVISE AND LEAD YOUR PERSONNEL-AND ENFORCE THE S.O.P’s

9. UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE TO ACTIVELY LEAD AS A FIRE OFFICER

10. HAVE “REAL” DISCIPLINE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION

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

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

13. Continuously & SERIOUSLY Train At The Company Level

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

15. Pre-Recognize Problems That Are LYING IN WAIT

16. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF BEHAVIORAL CORRECTION

17. 1-SELF CORRECTION When Our Training, Discipline and Conscious Kicks In On Its’ Own

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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)

21. TRAINING Your Decision Making Responsibility & Authority Should Generally MATCH The Situations You May Find Yourself In.

22. 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….

23. MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION IS 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.

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