Determinants of team performance during rescue operations conducted by professional firefighters: an exploratory study

Abstract

This paper analyses what makes a successful intervention in a firefighter's teams. Three types of relationship were tested: 1. Between some processes of teamwork (adaptation and communication) and performance; 2. Between psychosocial dimensions and the teamwork's processes; 3. Between psychosocial dimensions and performance. Fourteen crews responded to questionnaires and were filmed during interventions. Part of the data were analyzed (five crews of three firefighters). The results partly confirmed the existence of the link