International Journal of Emergency Services: Volume 8 Issue 3

Individual and organizational influences of the professional quality of life of Florida public safety personnel: A comparison of the fields

Anastasia Miller, Lynn Unruh

Public safety personnel (law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical services and dispatchers) face work environments which are high stress. These can lead to burnout…

The medical perspective on mining incidents: Interviews with emergency medical service (EMS) personnel

Sofia Karlsson, Britt-Inger Saveman, Lina Gyllencreutz

The purpose of this paper is to examine emergency medical service (EMS) personnel’s perceptions and experiences of managing underground mining injury incidents.

First response emergency care – experiences described by firefighters

Anna Abelsson

The purpose of this paper is to describe firefighters’ experiences of first response emergency care.

An integrated response model for business disruption

Phillip Wilson, Karen Klockner

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the planning and use of an all-hazards emergency services approach to business disruption, which resulted from the hosting of the 2018…

Psychological distress constructs in police with different roles

Isobel Sheard, Melissa Ellen Burnett, Helen St Clair-Thompson

Police personnel report relatively high rates of mental health difficulties, and are at an increased risk of experiencing stress, burnout, secondary traumatic stress and anxiety…

Improving the effectiveness of fire prevention using the “premonition” agent-based model of domestic fire risk behaviours

Dermot Breslin, Stephen Dobson, Nicola Smith

Understanding and predicting the behaviours of households within a community is a key concern for fire services as they plan to deliver effective and efficient public services. In…

Emergency calls during the 2013 southern Ontario ice storm: case study of Vaughan

Maryam Shafiei Sabet, Ali Asgary, Adriano O. Solis

Responding to emergency incidents by emergency response organizations such as fire, ambulance and police during large disaster and emergency events is very important. The purpose…