#3: What is Situational Awareness?
The Beaufort of coastal North Carolina is “BOH-fert” (Jody was right).
What is Situational Awareness?
Developing better awareness
OODA Loop (Military strategist John Boyd)
Observation
Collect as much info as possible
Orientation
Analyze information
Decision
Determine course of action
Action
Follow through on course of action
Baseline Questions
What normal activities should be happening?
What is the normal mood of people?
How should people be acting?
Anomaly Questions
What would cause someone to stand out?
Whats happening that shouldn’t be or not happening that should be?
Behavior
Interested / Uninterested – Boston bombers
Dominance / Submissive – Parent/child
Comfortable / Uncomfortable – Someone looking around, nervous acting
Coopers Colors ( Jeff Cooper – US Marine)
White
Unprepared and unready for action
Yellow
Prepared, alert, relaxed. Good awareness
Orange
Alert to probable danger, Ready for action
Red
Action Mode, focused on emergency at hand
Black
Panic breakdown of physical and mental performance
Avoid reaching Black alert status
Tips
Watch out for denial. Thinking “this will never happen to me”
Stay off the cell phone and be alert
Do not become complacent
Don’t always be a hero
Position to identify
Watch your six
Hosts
Josh Seawell – @joshseawell (twitter.com/joshseawell)
Jody Lawson – @jodylawson87 (