Situational awareness is an ability that is not limited to chief or company officer, but is a skill set that can be developed through training and role play at all levels (Ford, 2012). Situational awareness is an important factor in decision making. The quality of a person’s situational awareness is related to perception, comprehension, and projection. Perception of vital cues is a key component to situational awareness (Ford, 2012). Emergency scenes can be chaotic and filled with many distractions which will affect a firefighter’s ability to stay focused. When the distractions affect the ability to stay focused it will become difficult to process and prioritize information received on the scene. Following
