Overview
- Examines how occupational psychology can and has been applied to personnel in the fire service
- Looks beyond the UK Fire Service to provide recommendations for other (international) emergency services
- Applies theories, principles and best practice to everyday scenarios
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
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Decision-Making
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Discussion
Keywords
- Fire Service Policy
- Fire Service Procedure
- Resilience
- Injury at Work
- Operational preparedness
- Fire Service Management
- Classical Decision Theory (CDT)
- Emotion Regulation
- Evacuation Decision Model (EDM)
- Risk Assesment
- Occupational Psychology
- Fire Service
- Work-related Wellbeing
- Community Engagement
- Severe Weather Events
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gail Steptoe-Warren is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Head of School at Coventry University UK. Gail’s work focusses upon decision-making, leadership and Situational Judgement Tests. Gail has published in the Journal of Strategy and Management and Assessment and Development Matters, amongst others.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applying Occupational Psychology to the Fire Service
Book Subtitle: Emotion, Risk and Decision-Making
Editors: Thomas Rhys Evans, Gail Steptoe-Warren
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14588-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14587-3Published: 29 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14590-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14588-0Published: 18 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 321
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Emotion, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Emergency Services, Psychotherapy and Counseling