CIRCUIT MAGAZINE
Situational Awareness Skill or Instinct?
By: Denida Zinxhiria
Many of us in the security and protection industry have heard the term ‘’situational awareness’’, however, few understand its full meaning or the complexities of its components. This may help. First, to explain the definition of the term situational awareness we will use Endsley’s definition established in 1999: Situational Awareness is “the perception of the elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning and the
projection of their status in the near future” and is divided into three levels: Level 1- Perception of the elements in the environment. Level 2- Comprehension of the current situation. Level 3- Projection of future status.
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