Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness is actually a military concept that describes a person’s ability to:

• Observe what is going on in their surroundings. When we define observe, it simply means to notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.
• The ability to orientate themselves in situations. Orientation as a skill is defined as – to come to realize or know especially through consideration of noted facts
• Assess events in context to the given time and place. Assessment as a skill is defined as – to determine the importance, size, or value of presenting information.