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Comparative analysis of risk: Volunteer versus career firefighters within a community fire department.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Comparative analysis of risk: Volunteer versus career firefighters within a community fire department./
Author:	Eltz, Bart J.
Description:	94 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-10A(E).
Subject:	Public administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3706513
ISBN:	9781321804263

Comparative analysis of risk: Volunteer versus career firefighters within a community fire department.
Eltz, Bart J.

Comparative analysis of risk: Volunteer versus career firefighters within a community fire department. - 94 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2015.

Reducing the level of occupational risk posed to firefighters is a goal throughout the entire fire service. Significant research has been performed regarding firefighters and the level of risk they are willing to take not only on the job, but also on the risk they take during their personal lives, however little research has been done comparing the level of acceptable risk that is willing to be taken by career versus volunteer firefighters. In this study, a comparative analysis between career firefighters and volunteer firefighters was performed to determine which group was more likely to take excessive risk while performing occupational duties. A causal-comparative design that is sometimes called an ex-post facto design (Turner, 2011), was used to study risk taking behaviors and how they relate to volunteer and career firefighters. The participants of the study were part of a community fire department in Georgia. The study found that there is a statistical difference between volunteer firefighters versus career when it comes to the impact of training and rules compliance on levels of acceptable risk. Although this study is not generalizable to all fire departments, the department in this study can use the results to consider ways of lowering the level of acceptable risk. Ways to lower the level of occupational risk include improving training surrounding occupational safety and operations. Setting clear expectations of what the fire department leadership considers acceptable levels of risk, and coaching individual firefighters on lowering the risk tolerance surrounding their work on the fire ground.

ISBN: 9781321804263Subjects--Topical Terms:

531287
Public administration.

Comparative analysis of risk: Volunteer versus career firefighters within a community fire department.
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