Gary Klein stated in his book Sources of Power that we make “highly stressed, time compressed decisions based on incomplete information.” Experienced commanders consider the factors and quickly make decisions based on prior incidents. An officer must quickly consider a large number of factors and decide on a sound action plan. However, not doing so is a dereliction of duty and anĭecision making at emergencies needs to be timely, efficient, effective, and safe. With an administrative issue, there normally is more time in which At an emergency incident, this is the worst possible When decision makers receive so much information that they cannot make aĭecision and instead take the route of making no decision, hoping that the I have seen what I call “paralysis by analysis.” Mental paralysis occurs May put firefighters in harm’s way or have a major impact on a department is Wrong or the outcome will not bring the desired result. Some decision makers are concerned that the decision they make will be Whichever is the case, YOU MUSTīefore we delve deeper into the art of making a decision, let usĬonsider why making a decision can be daunting. Both can be tough to make and bothĬan have consequences that are far reaching. In the fire and emergency services, we generally make two types ofĭecisions: administrative and operations.
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