Most firefighters have seen someone with dangerous tunnel vision or have experienced it themselves. When entering a structure fire with a crew or driving fire apparatus to a scene of a confirmed rescue situation, it is completely normal to have extremely focused attention and even physical signs and symptoms of stress and excitement all at once. It is when the focused attention and physical symptoms start negatively affecting the firefighter's thinking ability and actions that the firefighter or others can be dangerously impacted.
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