The Benefits of Behavioral Research to the Fire Service

The Benefits of Behavioral Research to the Fire Service
Author: Peter W. Blaich
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0595485499

"The basic premise of this book is that design should be human-centered because it humancentered design that provides for the information that people need to adapt to the chaotic and uncertain way that fire develops." Attempts to show how this research cna be applied to staffing levels, hiring and promotion, budget allocation, and more. Includes examples from New York City

Management and Organizational Behavior

Management and Organizational Behavior
Author: Curtis W. Cook
Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This text combines management and organizational behaviour, and is intended to teach readers how to be effective performers within an organization, individually and as part of a team. Most of the book focuses on organizational behaviour, whilst also covering issues and practices that every manager needs to know. There are technology transformation boxes throughout the book, they include information on high-tech business, e-commerce and the Internet and they explain how these important issues affect managers and businesses. There is an inventory of the behavioural skills relevant to each chapter to help develop and emphasize these particular skills.

Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service

Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service
Author: Tee L. Guidotti
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319230697

This book is an overview of the hazards of firefighting, the health risks of exposure to combustion products that characterize firefighting, the science behind interpreting these risks for purposes of identifying diseases as work-related, and the legal and policy implications of adopting legislated “presumption” for purposes of compensation. The emphasis of the book will be on the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, traumatic hazards, and disabling psychosocial adjustment following major incidents. Several new studies have appeared recently, including the largest study of firefighters ever done, by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). They evidence supports the conclusion that firefighters face significant occupational health risks in addition to the obviously severe safety hazards.