Features and Performance of Forest Fire Access Roads and Fire Department Connections as Assessed by Employees of the Polish State Fire Service

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwester M. Grajewski ◽  
Andrzej Czerniak ◽  
Paweł Szóstakowski
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
And Performance

Authoritarianism, Inner/Other Directedness, and Sensation Seeking in Firefighter/Paramedics: Their Relationship with Burnout

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Palmer ◽  
Wanda M. Spaid
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Employee Morale ◽  
Lake County ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
Study Population ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

AbstractIntroduction:Burnout in firefighter/paramedics (FF/EMT-Ps) is widely believed to exist, but few empirical data support its existence, symptomatology, or intervention. Understanding the extent, nature, and cause of burnout is crucial to improving employee morale and performance.Study Population:Ninety-one FF/EMT-Ps employed by Salt Lake County Fire Department.Hypotheses:Three specific hypotheses were tested: 1) FF/EMT-Ps who score high on burnout also will score high on authoritarianism; 2) FF/EMT-Ps who score high on burnout also will score high on inner-directedness; and 3) FF/EMT-Ps who score high on burnout also will score high on sensation seeking.Methods:In this descriptive study, FF/EMT-Ps computed four standardized instruments measuring authoritarianism, burnout, inner-directedness versus other-directedness and sensation seeking.Results:Firefighters who scored high on burnout also scored high on authoritarianism and on the sensation-seeking subscale of boredom. Burnout did not correlate with the overall sensation-seeking scale or with its other subscales (thrill, experience, and disinhibition), or inner-directedness versus other-directedness.Conclusion:A focus on control issues needs to be an integral part of programs for decreasing employee burnout among FF/EMT-Ps. Specific components of such programs should include stress management and counseling. In addition, management personnel need to be taught not only to assist direct-service staff, but also to recognize and deal with their own control issues as they affect job performance.

scholarly journals Effects of Organizational Culture on Gyeongsangnam-do Fire Department Officials’ Organizational Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Hye–Young Lee ◽  
Younghwa Kim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Rescue Workers ◽  
Clan Culture

This study aimed to determine the effect of Gyeongsangnam-do fire department officilas’ organizational culture on organizational performance, including job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and to verify the mediated effect of organizational culture and organizational performance through the parameters of trust. According to an online survey of fire service workers, paramedics, and rescue workers from 18 locations in the Gyeongsangnam-do Fire Department, only the clan culture had a significant effect on job satisfaction, and functioned as a mediator between organizational and peer trust, showing mediation effects. Furthermore, we confirmed that only clan culture had a significant influence on organizational commitment, and that it also acted as a mediator in organizational and supervisor trust. Finally, the organizational culture that most positively influenced organizational performance and trust among fire service officials in Gyeongsangnam-do was found to be clan culture. Therefore, a clan culture that is centered on human relationships based on trust, and that is suited to the characteristics of each organization, should be established.

scholarly journals Implementasi Metode Lean Service dan 5S untuk Meningkatkan Efisiensi Waktu Pelayanan di Dinas Pencegah dan Pemadam Kebakaran Kota Medan

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68
Author(s):  
Uni Pratama Pebrina Tarigan ◽  
Irwan Budiman
Keyword(s):  
Processing Time ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Fishbone Diagram ◽  
Storage Area

Fire is a threat to human safety. With the rapid development and progress of development, the risk of fire is increasing. The population is getting denser, the construction of office buildings, residential areas, and industries that are increasingly developing so that these areas have a level of vulnerability to the risk of fire. Therefore, the existence of the Fire Prevention and Fire Service is needed. The problem that often occurs is the length of time the Fire Prevention and Fire Department gets to the scene of the fire. This causes huge losses to the community both in funds and lives. This study’s purpose is to improve the efficiency of service time at the Fire Prevention and Department of the Fire so that losses due to fire can be minimized. The method used is Lean Service and for the design using the 5S method. The results of this paper that the value added activity amount 37%, while the non-value added activity amount 63%. These results indicate the need for a reduction in activity so that processing time is more efficient. The result of this analysis using Fishbone Diagram and FMEA, it was found that the most cause of the highest failure mode was activity in the storage area for equipment and personal protective equipment that was difficult to reach and irregular so that the best layout was designed using the 5S Method.

Collective orientation and its implications for coordination and team performance in interdependent work contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Hagemann ◽  
Greta Ontrup ◽  
Annette Kluge
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Task Complexity ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Collective Orientation ◽  
And Performance

Purpose This paper aims to explore the influence of collective orientation (CO) on coordination and team performance for interdependently working teams while controlling for person-related and team variables. Design/methodology/approach A total of 58 two-person-teams participated in a simulation-based firefighting task. The laboratory study took 2 h for each team. The effects of CO in tasks of increasing complexity were investigated under the consideration of control variables, and the relations between CO, coordination and team performance were assessed using a multivariate latent growth curve modeling approach and by estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models. Findings Team members high on CO performed significantly better than low-scoring members. The effect of CO on team performance was independent from an increasing task complexity, whereas the effect of CO on coordination was not. The effect of CO on team performance was mediated by coordination within the team, and the positive relation between CO and performance persists when including group efficacy into the model. Research limitations/implications As CO is a modifiable person-related variable and important for effective team processes, additional research on factors influencing this attitude during work is assumed to be valuable. Practical implications CO is especially important for highly interdependently working teams in high-risk-organizations such as the fire service or nuclear power plants, where errors lead to severe consequences for human beings or the environment. Originality/value No other studies showed the importance of CO for coordination and team performance while considering teamwork-relevant variables and the interdependence of work.

Concept Development, Detailed Design and Construction of the Three Forty Three – North America's Most Powerful Fireboat

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Allan ◽  
K. D. Harford ◽  
D. Noon ◽  
J. Bjerkeset ◽  
J. Dalton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Model Testing ◽  
Fire Fighting ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Design Development ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Supervisory Staff

This paper reviews the process of the complete design development, from concept to completion of the largest and most capable fireboats in North America, and among the largest in the world, for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The Three Forty-Three is the first of two new fireboats to this design built at Eastern Shipbuilding Inc. of Panama City, Florida and delivered in May 2010. The second vessel is due for completion later in the year. As the result of an international design competition, Robert Allan Ltd. was selected to provide complete engineering and design services for the new boats, from initial concept through detailed engineering design and a comprehensive value engineering process. The scope of services also included the support of FDNY through every stage of major component procurement and the shipbuilding contract award. Robert Allan Ltd.’s shipyard supervisory staff also acted in the capacity of Owner’s Representatives on-site in the shipyard throughout the entire construction process. These major, fast response fireboats were designed to specifically address the fire-fighting and rescue needs of the greater New York harbour, including the New Jersey shore. This includes the capability within the vessel to respond to any CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) incident. The fireboats are designed for a response speed of 17.4 knots, with a low-wake, 12 knot cruising/patrol speed. The powering, seakeeping, and wake generation characteristics of the semi-displacement hull form were all verified in an extensive model-testing program. The resulting propulsion system is a unique quadruple screw, CPP configuration. The paper focuses on the various initial studies performed to establish the basic design configuration, the model testing and performance verification process, the value engineering studies performed, the many unique design features of the fire-fighting and emergency response capability of these vessels and the performance trials results. Finally, the challenges of managing a major shipbuilding project for a major civic Government Client such as FDNY concludes the paper.

Large fires - selection criteria

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Константин Сергеевич Власов ◽  
Михаил Михайлович Данилов ◽  
Алексей Николаевич Денисов
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Fire Departments ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Large Fires ◽  
The Russian Federation

Исследование организации тушения крупных пожаров в оперативных пожарных подразделениях проводится на постоянной основе в целях повышения уровня боеготовности. Критериями отбора крупных пожаров является количество пострадавших людей и размеры материального ущерба, но в категорию крупных по формальным признакам попадает большое количество пожаров, не представляющих интереса для исследования. Учитывая широкое разнообразие условий деятельности пожарных подразделений Российской Федерации, проблематично определить приемлемый критерий отнесения пожаров к крупным. Research on the organization of large fire extinguishing in operational fire departments is carried out on an ongoing basis in order to improve the level of combat readiness. The criteria for selecting large fires are determined by the number of people affected and the amount of material damage, but a large number of fires that are not of interest to the study fall into the category of large fires based on formal criteria. Taking into account wide variety of operating conditions of fire departments in the Russian Federation, it is problematic to determine an acceptable criterion for classifying fires as large ones. For operational divisions, the allocation of large fires from among others is carried out in order to determine the most difficult cases from the point of view of fire tactics, to identify positive experience for further use. For a long period of firefighting history there have been preserved a large number of fire descriptions, which gradually formed the methodology of scientific research of fires. As far as it was possible to trace the development of methods for studying large fires, the earliest sources were able to find Instructions for the study of fires, developed jointly by employees of the Main Fire Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and VNIIPO. The analysis of this Instruction and subsequent normative documents allowed us to trace the evolution of fire research methods in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation over a period of 70 years. The study of historical experience allows not to repeat old mistakes. Therefore, one of the foundations for fire service development has always been the study of experience. In order to maximize the use of experience, it is desirable to include in the research circle as many fires as possible, and ideally all fires, which in real conditions is not always possible for many reasons. In this case, it is advisable to use a method similar to the Pareto Principle, when the study of a relatively small number of fires allows to make useful conclusions applicable to the entire population. But in practice, it is still physically impossible to investigate more than 120-150 cases of fires in order to effectively organize the entire process from the collection and processing the materials to study and implementation of relevant innovations in the fire departments of the Russian Federation. The article discusses the main problematic issues and suggests a possible way to solve them.

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