Story 1: Best Friends

• Discuss the work practices this leader used to deal with the cohesion problems created by the best friends.
  
  
• If the leader hadn't dealt with the problems the best friends created, how could it have damaged confidence in his leadership and situational awareness? How might it have increased the chances of entrapment?
  
  
• Talk about times when you as a leader had to deal with other firefighters who were too close, causing a cohesion problem. Talk about what you did to resolve the problem.

• What work practices did the leader use to integrate people from several districts into a single cohesive crew?
  
  
• Talk about the work practices you or other leaders have used to build one crew from several district crews.
  
  
• If the leader hadn't been able to integrate the district crews into one crew, how could it have impacted situational awareness and confidence in his leadership once they were on a fire?