Contrasting safety attitudes, behaviors and practices in US and UK firefighters

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Safety Science Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106884

Erik Kambarian, Philip C. Butler, Sabrina R. Cohen-Hatton, Robert C. Honey

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Abstract

Firefighters across the world face hazardous work environments. While the incidents encountered by firefighters are broadly similar in the US and UK, the rate of line of duty deaths is much higher in the US than in the UK. Our research sought to characterize firefighting cultures (e.g., practices, behaviors, and attitudes) as one potential source of differences in line of duty deaths in the US and UK. 1123 incident commanders (442 from the US and 681 from the UK) completed a survey that examined five domains of incident command: Demographic and employment information; Characteristics of Fire Departments/Services; Experience, training and certification; Decision-making and practices; and Safety/Operational culture. The results revealed marked differences across these domains, with some confirming known differences in organizational structures and recruitment across US and UK, but others establishing differences in operational/safety culture, behaviors and practices that have the potential to contribute to firefighter and public safety.

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对比美国和英国消防员的安全态度、行为和实践

世界各地的消防员都面临着危险的工作环境。尽管美国和英国消防员遇到的事故大致相似，但美国的因公死亡率远高于英国。我们的研究试图将消防文化（例如，实践、行为和态度）作为美国和英国值班死亡差异的一个潜在来源。1123名事故指挥官（442名来自美国，681名来自英国）完成了一项调查，调查了事故指挥的五个领域：人口统计和就业信息；消防部门/服务的特点；经验、培训和认证；决策和实践；以及安全/运营文化。结果显示了这些领域之间的显著差异，其中一些证实了美国和英国在组织结构和招聘方面的已知差异，但另一些则确定了在操作/安全文化、行为和实践方面的差异，这些差异有可能有助于消防员和公共安全。

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Safety Science 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

13.00

自引率

9.80%

发文量

335

审稿时长

53 days

期刊介绍： Safety Science is multidisciplinary. Its contributors and its audience range from social scientists to engineers. The journal covers the physics and engineering of safety; its social, policy and organizational aspects; the assessment, management and communication of risks; the effectiveness of control and management techniques for safety; standardization, legislation, inspection, insurance, costing aspects, human behavior and safety and the like. Papers addressing the interfaces between technology, people and organizations are especially welcome.