GRIT & GRACE
FIELD CARD
/ / FREE FIELD CARD — SIX RED LIGHTS
EVERYTHING ON MY LIST IS A REASON NOT TO GO IN.
There is a door, and on the other side of it something is wrong. I have a few seconds before the decision gets made for me, and in those seconds I am barely thinking about what is behind the door — I am checking for open flame, I am checking there is a way in and a way back out, and I am looking at whoever is still upright in that room.
Six red lights, one gate, and no green light anywhere on the page
Not a protocol — nothing about what to do once you are inside a room
The half nobody teaches — a room multiplies in your favour too
Six pages. Print it and carry it — it is a field card, not a file
THE DOORWAY CHECKLIST · SIX PAGES · FREE
WHAT'S ON THE PAGE
SIX RED LIGHTS / ONE GATE
// 01 / RED LIGHT
FIRE
Is there open flame, smoke, or anything that will become one while I am in there?
LIT / CLEAR
// 02 / RED LIGHT
THE WAY BACK OUT
Is there a way in — and a way back out that does not depend on nothing changing?
LIT / CLEAR
// 03 / RED LIGHT
SHARPS AND EDGES
Is there anything on the floor, on the furniture, or in a pocket that will cut me or stick me while my hands are busy?
LIT / CLEAR
// 04 / RED LIGHT
BLOOD
Am I looking at blood, and am I equipped for what that means for me?
LIT / CLEAR
// 05 / RED LIGHT
A NECK OR A SPINE
Does anything in this room — a fall, a height, a position, a vehicle — say neck or spine to me?
LIT / CLEAR
// 06 / RED LIGHT
THE PEOPLE STILL STANDING
Who else is in here, and what are they going to do while my hands are busy? A crowd is never just a crowd — which one is the resource, and which one is the problem?
LIT / CLEAR
// THE GATE
IF ANY LIGHT IS LIT, THE ANSWER IS NOT YET — AND NOT YET IS AN ANSWER.
The rooms with no casualty in them — the conversation, the confrontation, the contract
Anyone who responds — paid, volunteer, or because it happened in front of you
People who will write their own sixth, seventh, eighth light
A protocol, a procedure, or anything about what to do once you are inside
Permission to enter — six clear lights is the absence of red ones, not a green one
// THE CLOSE
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A gate that only ever says yes is not a gate. It is an excuse with good posture.
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IVAN RODRIGUEZ
GRIT & GRACE · VANCOUVER, BC
// THE ASK
I CAN'T GIVE YOU MY ANSWERS, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU MY QUESTIONS.
One email, and the card lands in your inbox. Then, now and again, a note from me on the work — the rooms, the questions, and the part the training does not cover.
