If you have been in the emergency services for more than a day chances are you have heard someone tell you that you need to have good decision making skills.  In today's litigious society good decision making skills are critical to your success and your organizations survival.  Unfortunately it seems that despite the importance of this skill we fail to train our personnel on how to make good decisions.  I have been in the fire service for over 26 years and I know I made some bad decisions in that time.  If you follow any current affairs I'm sure you have seen a story or ten of how a firefig