Objectives for L-180
Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service
September 2008

Situation Awareness

1. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to reduce errors.
2. Agree that firefighters have a reponsibility to learn and improve their performance.
3. Describe the relationship between situation awareness, reality, and perception.
4. Describe the relationship between situation awareness, observation, and communication.
5. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to be aware of their situation.

Basic Communication Responsibilities

1. Recall common sender-receiver communication errors.
2. Construct a direct statement from an indirect statement.
3. Identify existing standard communication procedures and opportunities to initiate standard communication procedures in the fireline work environment.
4. Describe the 5 communications responsibilities.
5. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to communicate.

Attitude and Stress Barriers

1. Identify hazardous attitude barriers and their impacts on situation awareness.
2. Identify stress reaction barriers and their impacts on situation awareness.
3. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to minimize barriers.

Decision-making

1. Describe the process of preplanning and its role in decision-making.
2. Describe the situation awareness self-check tool and its role in decision-making.
3. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to minimize risk.

Teamwork Principles

1. Describe the relationship between teamwork and the human performance concepts discussed in the previous lessons.
2. Agree that firefighters have a responsibility to work as a member of a team.