DECISION MAKING

DURING A FIRE

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 INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INFLUENCE EMERGENCY DECISION-
MAKING

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WHAT EFFECT DO THESE FACTORS HAVE
ON THE ABILITY TO DETECT A FIRE CUE?

Factor Effect: Detection

a.Intellectual
disability

b. Physical
disability

c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Detection

a.Intellectual People with an intellectual disability

disability may not be able to recognise or
comprehend the seriousness of the
situation and nature of responses
required to protect themselves
b. Physical
disability

c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Detection

a.Intellectual People with an intellectual disability

disability may not be able to recognise or
comprehend the seriousness of the
situation and nature of responses
required to protect themselves
b. Physical Hearing or visual impairment may not
disability enable people to hear or see warning
signs
c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Detection

a.Intellectual People with an intellectual disability

disability may not be able to recognise or
comprehend the seriousness of the
situation and nature of responses
required to protect themselves
b. Physical Hearing or visual impairment may not
disability enable people to hear or see warning
signs
c. Training Untrained people may not recognise
the warning signs if they are not
familiar with them
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WHAT EFFECT DO THESE FACTORS HAVE ON
THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET A FIRE CUE?
Factor Effect: Interpretation

a. Mood

b. Alertness

c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Interpretation

a. Mood Fear, depression, anxiety may lead to

exaggeration of danger or
hopelessness of sitn.; over-confidence
may lead to playing down the danger
b.
Alertness

c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Interpretation

a. Mood Fear, depression, anxiety may lead to

exaggeration of danger or
hopelessness of sitn.; over-confidence
may lead to playing down the danger
b. Drugs, alcohol, fumes slow mental
Alertness processing and influence quality of
decision making

c. Training

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 Factor Effect: Interpretation

a. Mood Fear, depression, anxiety may lead to

exaggeration of danger or
hopelessness of sitn.; over-confidence
may lead to playing down the danger
b. Drugs, alcohol, fumes slow mental
Alertness processing and influence quality of
decision making

c. Training Trained personnel may make a more

rapid and accurate interpretation.
Untrained people may not be able to
assess severity of situation
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WHAT EFFECT DO THESE FACTORS HAVE ON
THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO A FIRE CUE?
Factor Effect: Response

a.Disability

b. Gender

c. Indepen-
dence/
dependence
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INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSE

Factor Effect: Response

a.Disability Frailty, physical or intellectual disabilities

may limit the number of available
responses

b. Gender

c. Indepen-
dence/
dependence

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INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSE

Factor Effect: Response

a.Disability Frailty, physical or intellectual

disabilities may limit the number of
available responses

b. Gender Females tend to alert others, call for

help, or instruct others. Males tend to
approach and deal with fires, etc.

c. Indepen-
dence/
dependence

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INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSE

Factor Effect: Response

a.Disability Frailty, physical or intellectual disabilities

may limit the number of available
responses

b. Gender Females tend to alert others, call for

help, or instruct others. Males tend to
approach and deal with fires, etc.

c. Indepen- Limitations on mobility; physical or

dence/ psychological impairments can produce
dependence an inability to respond appropriately

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SOCIAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE
EMERGENCY DECISION-MAKING

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EFFECTS OF THE NATURE OF CUES ON
DECISION MAKING

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FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DELAYS
IN RESPONSES

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OTHER FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DELAYS

IN RESPONSE

• FALSE IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF CUE

• MISINTERPRETATION

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