... the most reliable measurement, the individual team member's height was averaged to represent the team's height. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Physical ability Emergency Emergency response Emergency response performance Emergency incidents Emergency services Fire services...

...Shannon L. Wagner; Melanie O’Neill Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add to the overall body of literature regarding mental health implications related to fire service membership; in particular, to look specifically at the implications of volunteer membership and to compare results...

... and changing incidents, and social change amongst many influences are placing pressure of fire services personnel to be thoughtful in their work, to learn new and changing technologies, to communicate to the public with clarity, and a whole raft of activities that I have previously called “clean white‐collar...

... to know about and respond to new approaches to people and new ways of doing things. As Terry told us: Disasters Labour Fire services Australia Once, much of the work of fire fighters was associated with “putting the wet stuff on the red stuff”. Over the past decade, however, the roles of fire...

... management Leadership Fire services Career development Australia Ask a person on any suburban Australian street what fire‐fighters do, and they will invariably answer “they fight fires”. Since the terrorist bombing of New York they will also be likely to say “they sacrifice their lives”. However...

... and reactions from this study has already been presented in this journal (see Moran, 1999). This paper focuses on expectations about “negative” stress and reactions. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Emergency services Fire services Stress These two focus points, the nature of the stressor event...

... and recovery; ultimately the rebuilding of the disaster‐impacted entity (Drabek, 1986). Disaster management Planning Fire services The value of conducting disaster exercises is underscored in virtually all discussions of disaster planning (Drabek, 1990; Michaels, 1996). Disaster exercises...

..., at least for some types of reactions. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Emergency services Fire services Recruitment For well over a decade it has been acknowledged that emergency workers, such as firefighters, police officers and rescue workers can attend extremely horrific incidents...

.... The mean age of subjects was 38.5 years, with an age range of 21 to 60. Subjects had an average of 14.2 years′ experience in the Brigade, with a range from 0.5 to 38 years. Coping Disaster management Disasters Emergency services Fire services Humour Questionnaires Stress Mean factor...

...Yu‐chun Ko; Henry S.R. Kao Examines individuals′ psychological responses towards paramilitary discipline. Reports on a study which followed 145 recruit firemen (RFn)throughout their six‐month initial training in Hong Kong Fire Services Training School. California Psychological Inventory (CPI...