Firefighting Decision Maxims

collection agent:metaphorex-prospector (2026) · source

Survey of decision-making principles from the fire service, including the 10 Standard Fire Orders, Brunacini’s risk management calculus, LCES, and the 18 Watch Out Situations. These encode hard-won heuristics for high-stakes, time-pressured decisions under uncertainty.

Entries (10)

• Anchor Point — metaphor
• Eighteen Watch-Out Situations — mental-model
• Escape Route — metaphor
• Everyone Goes Home — mental-model
• NIOSH 5 — mental-model
• Rehab — pattern
• Risk a Lot to Save a Lot — mental-model
• Safety Zone — mental-model
• Tradition Unimpeded by Progress — mental-model
• Two-In, Two-Out — pattern