Dr. Richard Gasaway, CSP
Global speaker, consultant, author, podcaster and researcher. at Situational Awareness Matters- Claim this Profile
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Ken Prillaman
I would highly recommend and without hesitation, endorse Chief Gasaway. He is a tremendous educator, an excellent public speaker and one of the few real champions for firefighters safety in our business today!
Andrew Salvadore
Helping individuals and teams improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making is not just below his signature line, he academically and using field speak understands it and conveys it to others. Well read and field ready to enable self-realization and ownership is what you can expect from Doctor Rich.
LinkedIn User
Dr. Gasaway is a true fire service professional who has enlightened countless first responders with his situational awareness matters program. I am honored to call him friend and colleague.
Ken Prillaman
I would highly recommend and without hesitation, endorse Chief Gasaway. He is a tremendous educator, an excellent public speaker and one of the few real champions for firefighters safety in our business today!
Andrew Salvadore
Helping individuals and teams improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making is not just below his signature line, he academically and using field speak understands it and conveys it to others. Well read and field ready to enable self-realization and ownership is what you can expect from Doctor Rich.
LinkedIn User
Dr. Gasaway is a true fire service professional who has enlightened countless first responders with his situational awareness matters program. I am honored to call him friend and colleague.
Ken Prillaman
I would highly recommend and without hesitation, endorse Chief Gasaway. He is a tremendous educator, an excellent public speaker and one of the few real champions for firefighters safety in our business today!
Andrew Salvadore
Helping individuals and teams improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making is not just below his signature line, he academically and using field speak understands it and conveys it to others. Well read and field ready to enable self-realization and ownership is what you can expect from Doctor Rich.
LinkedIn User
Dr. Gasaway is a true fire service professional who has enlightened countless first responders with his situational awareness matters program. I am honored to call him friend and colleague.
Ken Prillaman
I would highly recommend and without hesitation, endorse Chief Gasaway. He is a tremendous educator, an excellent public speaker and one of the few real champions for firefighters safety in our business today!
Andrew Salvadore
Helping individuals and teams improve situational awareness and high-risk decision making is not just below his signature line, he academically and using field speak understands it and conveys it to others. Well read and field ready to enable self-realization and ownership is what you can expect from Doctor Rich.
LinkedIn User
Dr. Gasaway is a true fire service professional who has enlightened countless first responders with his situational awareness matters program. I am honored to call him friend and colleague.
Credentials
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Speaker Hall of Fame
National Speakers Association-Minnesota Chapter (NSA-MN)May, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Certified Speaking Professional
National Speakers AssociationJul, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
Credentialed Chief Fire Officer
Center for Public Safety ExcellenceJun, 1999- Oct, 2024 -
Certified Virtual Presenter
eSpeakersJun, 2020- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Situational Awareness Matters
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global speaker, consultant, author, podcaster and researcher.
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Jun 2008 - Present
We help workers improve situational awareness, reduce human error, and enhance high-risk decision making. We help workers improve situational awareness, reduce human error, and enhance high-risk decision making.
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Content Creator
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Oct 2016 - Present
The SAMatters Online Academy is a 14-course curriculum designed to teach situational Awareness and high risk decision making for individuals and teams who work in high stress, high consequence, time compressed environments under changing conditions. The Academy is based on Dr. Gasaway's doctoral research and the live events he has presented to more than 54,000 first responders, business leaders and industrial workers throughout the United States, Canada, England, Hong Kong and Australia. To learn more, visit: SAMatters.com Show less
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Gasaway Consulting Group, LLC
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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President & Principal Consultant
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1992 - Present
The Gasaway Consulting Group is a association of professional trainers and consultants serving to improve leadership and safety for industry and first responders. Our group has served over 1,500 companies, organizations and agencies throughout the United States, Canada, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia. The Gasaway Consulting Group is a association of professional trainers and consultants serving to improve leadership and safety for industry and first responders. Our group has served over 1,500 companies, organizations and agencies throughout the United States, Canada, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia.
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National Fire Academy
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Government Administration
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Adjunct Faculty - Executive Fire Officer Program
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2017
I taught Executive Development and Executive Leadership in the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. I taught Executive Development and Executive Leadership in the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.
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Roseville Fire Department
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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Fire Chief
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Jul 1999 - Jul 2009
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Fire & EMS Chief
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1989 - 1999
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Weirton Heights Fire Department
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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Captain/Firefighter
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1979 - 1990
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Weirton Area Ambulance & Rescue Squad
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Chief/Paramedic
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1979 - 1989
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Lieutenant/Paramedic
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1979 - 1984
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Education
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Capella University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience, Human Factors, Situational Awareness and High-Risk Decision Making -
University of Dayton
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Leadership -
National Fire Academy
Executive Fire Officer, Emergency Services Leadership -
West Virginia University
Bachelor’s Degree, Finance and Economics -
Fairmont State University
MICP, Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic -
University of Maryland
National Fire Service Staff & Command Program, Organizational Leadership