BY ANTHONY AVILLO
我是一个经验作为一个伟大的te的主要支持者acher and a believer in the theory of recognition-primed decision making (RPD) as a quintessential factor in the genesis of strategy. In a nutshell, from the perspective of a fireground commander, RPD represents a method by which decisions are made based on previous situations and the decisions that were made at that time. This memory and experience-based knowledge and action drive our initial decisions and are compared with the current situation. From there, based on that situation, adjustments can be made, creating new situations to be stored in the brain for later use at another incident, which may or may not be similar. The use of RPD functions well in conditions fraught with the pressure of time in which information is incomplete and the situation is not completely defined. Hmm ... sounds a lot like the fireground on arrival.
Although RPD is applied to both the experienced and the inexperienced and how they manage their decision-making processes, those with more experience obviously have more potential courses of action in their brain-bank that have been used previously, whether successful or not. Because of this, experienced individuals will generally be able to come up with quicker decisions because the situation may match a situation they have encountered before. The split-second rundown of the mental file cabinet enables appropriate (hopefully) decisions to be made. Thus, experienced decision makers are more likely to correctly assess the situation and develop a viable course of action more quickly because their expert knowledge can rapidly be used to disqualify incorrect courses of action. With this in mind, consider the following déjà-vu type fire.
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