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Grant Schwalbe's Blog – August 2015 Archive (1)

Fire Ground Decision Making-First Solution Vs Optimal Solution

As first responders we are tasked with arriving on the scene of some sort of emergency or problem and being responsible to come up with a solution. Whether it’s a fire, EMS call, entrapment or water emergency our success is largely determined by how fast we can decide what needs to be done, get the resources and execute the plan. Colonel John Boyd refers this process as the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop is made up of 4 parts: Observe, Orient, Decide and Act. The faster we do this the more…

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Added by Grant Schwalbe on August 10, 2015 at 9:30am — No Comments

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