Situational Awareness

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Working definition

Perception and understanding of current conditions and likely changes relevant to decisions and safety.

In plain language

Perception and understanding of current conditions and likely changes relevant to decisions and safety.

Why it matters

Situational Awareness is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.