Human performance
under pressure
Recognize changes in attention, working memory, and performance when the demands increase.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE. REAL CONSEQUENCE.
UNDER LOADPERFORMANCE GROUP
Train the Mind.
Regulate the Body.
Practical human-performance training for firefighters, officers, instructors, and organizations operating in high-consequence environments.
MIND. NERVOUS SYSTEM. BODY.Performance under pressure is trainable.
BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO CARRY RESPONSIBILITY01 / WHAT WE TEACH
SCIENCE THAT SHOWS UP
ON THE NEXT SHIFT.
Under Load translates psychology, physiology, decision-making research, and fire-service experience into practical tools for people who operate under pressure.
Human performance
Stress physiology
& regulation
Understand arousal and practice deliberate pacing, breathing, and recovery habits.
Decisions under
consequence
Separate what you know from what you assume. Reassess when the picture changes.
Leadership
& team performance
Set clear standards, distribute responsibility, and develop people who can act with purpose.
Responder
mental health
Recognize cumulative load, protect recovery, and support useful peer conversations and help-seeking.
Communication
& usable bandwidth
Build trust and accountability through clear priorities, specific assignments, and shared understanding.
02 / COURSES & TRAINING
PRACTICAL TOOLS.
MEANINGFUL REPS.
Real decision points. Purposeful discussion. Behaviors you can bring back to your crew.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE
UNDER PRESSURE
What happens to attention, memory, physiology, communication, and decision-making when the load rises? Learn to recognize common failure patterns and practice behaviors that preserve usable capacity.
For firefighters, EMS personnel, company officers, instructors, and other high-consequence teams.
Request This TrainingFROM INSIGHT TO ACTION
- 01
Read the situation
Notice fixation, missed cues, and the difference between facts and assumptions.
- 02
Make the priority clear
Clarify roles and use closed-loop communication when consequence warrants it.
- 03
Update the plan
Ask what changed, what does not fit, and what would change your decision.
Case-based teaching · Participant exercises · Field tools
IN DEVELOPMENT
LOAD BEARING LEADERSHIP
Standards, trust, delegation, accountability, and developing a team that can act when the leader cannot carry every task.
For company officers, supervisors, and emerging leaders.
Final teaching materials are in production. Delivery availability will be confirmed individually.
03 / THE UNDER LOAD APPROACH
ONE PERSON.
ONE CONNECTED
PERFORMANCE SYSTEM.
Attention, stress response, and physical state influence one another. Training should account for those connections.
Explore each part of the system.
Mind
Attention, interpretation, decision-making, and working memory. Practice separating observations from assumptions, and checking what does not fit.
PERFORMANCE
UNDER LOAD
UNDER LOAD
04 / WHY THIS MATTERS
THE STANDARD STAYS.
CAPACITY CAN CHANGE.
Pressure can affect attention, working memory, and cognitive flexibility before a person recognizes the change in their own performance. The effects vary with the person, task, and timing.
Under Load uses usable bandwidth as a practical teaching frame: what can this person or crew notice, hold in mind, communicate, and act on right now?
Keep the standard clear. Train the behaviors that help people meet it.
05 / YOUR INSTRUCTOR
BENJAMIN
MOSKO
Founder & Lead Instructor
Under Load Performance Group
FIRE SERVICEINSTRUCTIONMILITARY LEADERSHIP
A fire service officer, instructor, and U.S. Army veteran who brings operational experience to the study of human performance.
Benjamin is a Lieutenant with Countryside Fire Protection District and an instructor at the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA). As Phase II Program Lead for the Company Fire Officer Program, he leads curriculum development, instructional staff, training evolutions, and program delivery.
Benjamin served in the U.S. Army from 2001 to 2012, including Operation Iraqi Freedom service in 2009–2010. From 2011 to 2012, he served as a Counter-Drug and Counter-Gang Special Investigator Team Leader with Fort Hood DES. His teaching connects psychology and human-performance research with the practical responsibilities of firefighters, instructors, and company officers.
GRADUATE EDUCATIONMaster’s degree
Public Safety Administration
& Homeland Security
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONFire Service Management
Academic background in
Fire Service Management
06 / SPEAKING & ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING
BRING THE WORK
TO YOUR PEOPLE.
Build a session around the responsibilities your people carry and the decisions they need to make.
01Conference
Conference
presentations
02Academy
Academy
instruction
03Company-officer
Company-officer
development
04Department
Department
workshops
05Custom leadership &
Custom leadership &
human-performance blocks
UPCOMING TRAINING · NOVEMBER 21, 2026
UNDER LOAD AT NIPSTA
A Working Truck Company LLC event
- WHEN
- Saturday, November 21, 2026
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Central - WHERE
- NIPSTA
2300 Patriot Blvd, Glenview, IL - COST
- $45
- Human Performance Under Pressure90 minutes
- Lunch & discussion
- The Load We Carry75 minutes
The flyer’s QR code links to the organizer’s event page. A direct registration link for this session is pending confirmation.
07 / CONTACT & BOOKING
LET’S TALK
ABOUT YOUR TEAM.
Department training, speaking engagements, academy instruction, and tailored corporate leadership experiences.
START WITH THE MISSION
Tell us about your audience, the challenge you want to address, and your preferred timeframe.
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CORPORATE TEAM DEVELOPMENT · PROGRAM CONCEPT
EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP LAB
SIX HOURS · TAILORED TO YOUR TEAM
See how your team functions when the time available is no longer negotiable.
A tailored, six-hour experience for senior leaders and high-performing corporate teams. Realistic, hands-on fire-service scenarios in a controlled training environment make task execution, delegation, and communication visible under pressure.
01 / EXECUTION
Work within a fixed window
Assess how the team sets priorities, assigns ownership, coordinates dependent tasks, and executes when deadlines cannot move.
02 / COMMUNICATION
Follow the information
Observe how direction travels down, concerns and updates travel up, and information moves across the team. Identify where clarity, acknowledgment, or escalation breaks down.
03 / AFTER-ACTION REVIEW
Turn the experience into change
Intensive, facilitated after-action reviews examine what happened, why it happened, and what to change. Connect observed behavior to specific communication and execution practices back at work.
Scenarios and review questions are tailored to your team’s roles, operating pressures, and development goals.
Proposed delivery in partnership with the Working Truck Company cadre. Final program and availability are subject to confirmation.