This workshop will review the decision making that occurred on large-scale incidents. Then, based on the six steps of becoming a critical decision maker, it will review case study decisions from this new perspective. Learning the six steps to becoming a critical decision maker leads to achievement as problem solving is a journey (from one point to another) and overcoming the obstacles to achieve a successful outcome. Immersion, Influence, Encouragement, Vision, Transformation, and Implementation are the six steps that allows firefighters and officers to progress from point “A” to point “B.” This workshop provides the fundamental principles that identify the challenges that fire service leaders encounters and then provides a step-by-step process to get through difficult situations and incidents.