Situation Awareness Essay

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Situation Awareness and Decision Making in a Warning Environment Advanced Warning Operations Course IC Core 2 Lesson 3: Team SA Warning Decision Training Branch Lesson 3 will focus on the Situation Awareness (SA) of teams. The “teams” in this lesson are not limited to the forecast office staff. For example, another team would be the entire group comprised by the forecast office, the media, and emergency managers, who are all part of the warning process. 1 Lesson 3: Team SA Learning Objective: • Identify factors that can impact getting and maintaining team SA. “When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout” John Helpling The Learning Objective for Lesson 3 applies to factors that affect getting and maintaining team SA. The Learning Objectives will be tested when you take the on-line exam for IC Core 2. 2 Lesson 3: Team SA Performance Objectives 1. Using specific data examples, identify the three levels of SA and how they are contributing to your warning decisions, while working: a) WES simulations, and b) Warning events. 2. As part of post-event analysis, determine the role that SA (good or bad) at the three levels played in the warning decisions that were made. The Performance Objectives for Lesson 3 apply during this course as well as after completion. Though they are not tested formally, questions related to these Performance Objectives will be posed during the course simulations. Developing SA in the “domain” of the warning environment is a skill that evolves over time and is an important asset in making sound warning

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