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Scenario

How incident commanders balance human costs

I am a wildfire incident commander and I have to send crews into dangerous terrain knowing some of them might not come back but if we do not go the fire will take the whole subdivision and I wake up every night calculating acceptable losses.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You must weigh certain risk against probable catastrophe, making calculations about whose lives to gamble.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Public Safety — Emergency Management?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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