The power of intuition enables us to size up a situation quickly. The power of mental simulation lets us imagine how a course of action might be carried out. The power of metaphor lets us draw on our experience by suggesting parallels between the current situation and something else we have come across. The power of storytelling helps us consolidate our experiences to make them available in the future, either to ourselves or to others

1. to be a good fireground commander, you need to have a rich fantasy life.

2. mental simulation is the ability to imagine people and objects consciously and to transform those people and objects through several transactions, finally picturing them in a different way than at the start.

3. without a sufficient amount of expertise and background knowledge, edge, it may be difficult or impossible to build a mental simulation

4. stories organize events into a meaningful framework

5. Considerations in communicating intent:

6. the purpose of the task (the higher level goals)

7. the objective of the task (an imagine of the desidered outcome)

8. the sequence of steps in the plan

9. the rationale for the plan

10. the key decisions that may have to be made

11. antigoals (unwanted outcomes)

12. constraints and other considerations