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#250 Andy Kirk - Incident command, the decision vortex and preserving common sense

Pete Wakefield Season 3 Episode 250

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Andy Kirk is a highly experienced retired officer in the UK Fire service who now teaches incident commanders with a specialist knowledge in MTA awareness training through his company Centurion Command as well as a variety of other skillsets to first responders and others in related sectors.

In todays conversation we cover many aspects including:

  • Experiencing a real backdraft
  • common sense in the fire service
  • the importance of ongoing training
  • how to prepare officers for assessment and promotion
  • how to manage disengaged firefighters
  • the decision vortex
  • and much more.....

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