Applying Occupational Psychology to the Fire Service: Emotion, Risk and Decision-Making (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030145873)

Applying Occupational Psychology in the Fire Service: Emotion, Risk and Decision-Making provides readers with an overview of the latest research informing the policies, procedures and practices of those working on the ground in the UK Fire Service. Using best-practice principles and cutting-edge theory, the current text demonstrates how occupational psychology can be applied to fire services around the globe to improve individual, management, and organisational decisions. The authors aim to provide students, trainees, practitioners and fire personnel with a unique insight into a range of topics, including resilience, injury, work related wellbeing, community engagement as well as decision making and operational preparedness. This book represents a call to arms for more robust practices to support the Fire Service, highlighting the psychological factors involved in the firefighter occupation and paving the way towards a better understanding of emotion, risk, safety, and decision-making within the fire context.

Author: Thomas Rhys Evans
ISBN-10: 3030145875
ISBN-13: 9783030145873
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2019
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d