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What is Situational Awareness? Les personnes conscientes de la situation
Situational awareness is the ability to observe, analyze, and améliorent le lieu de travail et renforcent
understand the current situation, anticipate future events, leur sécurité personnelle.
and make decisions accordingly. It is a mental model that
requires an individual to be observant, analyze the situation, Les experts en matière de sûreté et de sécurité
and make decisions based on their observations. Situational nous informent que les événements violents
awareness is not just limited to high-risk professions such continueront à se produire. Les extrémistes violents,
as law enforcement, military, aviation, and emergency motivés par une idéologie, prennent pour cible des
services but is equally important in everyday life. individus, des lieux de travail ou de culte, et commettent
des actes de violence qui s’étendent à tous les secteurs de
Situational awareness involves three main components - l’économie et de l’administration.
perception, comprehension, and projection. Perception is
the ability to gather information from one’s surroundings Il est toujours possible de trouver des changements positifs.
using one’s senses. Comprehension is the ability to Malheureusement, le positif s’accompagne du négatif, comme
understand the meaning of the information gathered. un cycle continu de personnes qui veulent faire du mal.
Projection is the ability to anticipate future events based
on the information gathered and the understanding of the Raisons pour lesquelles la formation à la
situation. Situational awareness involves the integration of connaissance de la situation est nécessaire :
these three components to make effective decisions. La formation à la conscience de la situation est essentielle
pour les individus et les organisations afin de prévenir les
Situationally aware individuals enhance accidents, d’éviter les erreurs coûteuses et d’améliorer
the workplace and enhance their personal les performances globales. Voici quelques raisons pour
safety and security. lesquelles la formation à la conscience de la situation est
nécessaire :
Safety and Security experts inform us that violent 1. Améliorer la sécurité : La formation à la
events will continue to happen. The violent extremist conscience de la situation est essentielle dans les
motivated and driven by an ideology, to the targeting of professions à haut risque telles que les forces de
individuals, place of business, worship, acts of violence l’ordre, l’armée, l’aviation et les services d’urgence
that permeate into every vertical, sector of business and afin d’améliorer la sécurité. Dans ces professions, la
government. conscience de la situation peut faire la différence entre
la vie et la mort. La formation à la conscience de la
Positive changes can always be found. Unfortunately, with situation apprend aux individus à identifier les risques
the positive, comes the negative, such as a continuous cycle potentiels et à prendre les mesures appropriées pour
of persons who wish to do harm. prévenir les accidents. 
Reasons Why Situational Awareness
Training is Needed:
Situational awareness training is essential for individuals and
organizations to prevent accidents, avoid costly mistakes,
and improve overall performance. Here are some reasons
why situational awareness training is necessary:
1. Enhance Safety: Situational awareness training
is essential in high-risk professions such as law
enforcement, military, aviation, and emergency services
to improve safety. In these professions, situational
awareness can mean the difference between life and La conscience de la situation
death. Situational awareness training teaches individuals
to identify potential risks and take appropriate actions comprend trois éléments
to prevent accidents.
2. Improve Decision-Making: Situational awareness principaux : la perception, la
training helps individuals to make better decisions by
providing them with a better understanding of the compréhension et la projection.
situation. By being aware of one’s surroundings and the
context of the situation, individuals can make informed
decisions that are based on the available information.

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