Resilience Training for Firefighters

Deppa, Karen F.; Saltzberg, Judith A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-38779-6

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“…The proposed approaches for increasing the resilience of firefighters include not only the exposure to stressful stimuli, but also the teaching of cognitive skills to increase self-efficacy and thinking habits that reduce anxiety (Deppa, 2015 ). Utilizing VR tech for the training of cognitive skills has the advantage of the trainee being placed into the situation where the skill needs to be applied later.…”

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A SWOT Analysis of the Field of Virtual Reality for Firefighter Training

2019

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Virtual reality (VR) research has gone through rapid advances and the technology has established itself as a valuable training tool in many domains. While research in the field of emergency response, and more specifically in the field of firefighting, is still catching up, the future potential of VR technology for training is promising. This paper uses the SWOT framework to analyse the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats immersive VR technology faces in the field of firefighter training. While using VR for training is cost-effective, safe to use and provides the ability to prepare trainees with a large variety of high fidelity training environments, the lack in specialization of the applications for the fire-service sector and issues with technology acceptance and limitations need to be addressed. Looking to current research, there are promising findings that might be directly transferable, creating affective, and multi-sensory experiences for more effective mental and physical training of firefighters in the future. More research is needed to establish methods of skills transfer from VR to real life scenarios and to evaluate the potential risk of frequent training in engaging and physiologically stimulating virtual environments.

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A SWOT Analysis of the Field of Virtual Reality for Firefighter Training

2019

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“…The failure to provide adequate training for these above stressors is as important to ensuring the safety and well-being of firefighters as any failure to update a standard safety statement (Anonymous, 2013). This curriculum is framed in health promotion, and orientated to decreased post-traumatic stress disorders (Deppa, 2015).…”

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Death in the Spanish fire services: a curriculum development study

Santos

García-Llana

Pablo

et al. 2018

IJES

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the need and resources firefighters have to deal with death and dying (D&D) that they encounter whilst on duty and to present a curriculum to support D&D issues for firefighters. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology involving focus groups was conducted in two fire stations in Spain. The sample was 38 male participants with a mean age of 46 y/o (range: 30-59 years) and an average tenure of employment of 18 years (range: 6-35 years). Data were subjected to a thematic analysis. Dual coding of the transcripts in addition to member checking enhanced analysis. Findings Nine themes emerged: witnessing D&D during rescue operations; memories about D&D and trauma; impact on firefighter’s families; decision-making process under stress; teamwork: protective and self-support; inadequate D&D preparation and training; adequate technical and physical training preparation; relationship between equipment, legal-moral obligation, and victims’ outcomes; communication issues: toward the victim and/or their relatives. These themes were subsequently framed into three basic domains: personal impact of D&D, team impact of D&D, and victim impact. Each domain, in its turn, is covered by three curriculum topics. The curriculum’s pedagogy is primarily based on experimental-reflective activities during 16 study-hours. Research limitations/implications The absence of female participants. All fire stations were in cities with no more than 150,000 inhabitants. Practical implications Individuals who take this curriculum will: increase their ability for self-care and resilience; improve teamwork, leadership skills, and to decrease burnout; provide more effective care for victims; provide skills to cope with compassion fatigue; reduced the levels of post-traumatic stress disorders. Originality/value Understanding firefighters’ needs with relation to D&D, and assessing the resources available to mitigate these issues will provide a comprehensive approach to their education and promote health both personally and professionally. A comparable curriculum or proposal has not been previously identified.

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“…La plupart des recherches conduites sur le sentiment d'auto-efficacité des pompiers traitent de la santé physique et psychologique de cette catégorie professionnelle exposée à de nombreux risques. Parmi celles-ci, on retrouve des travaux en rapport au coping et à résilience, à l'anxiété et au stress, au burnout ou encore au stress post-traumatique (Deppa et Saltzberg, 2016 ;Lambert, Benight, Harrison et Cieslak, 2012 ;Markra-Studzinka, Golonka et Izydorczyk, 2019). Bien que la formation constitue l'un des principaux piliers de la réforme de la sécurité civile belge (2007), peu d' études s'y sont à ce jour intéressées.…”

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Le sentiment d’auto-efficacité des pompiers en matière de formation

Stercke

Temperman

2021

Formation-profession

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Le sentiment d'auto-efficacité des pompiers en matière de formation Formation et profession 29(2) 2021 • 1 ésumé Cette étude analyse l'impact de la formation pédagogique sur le sentiment d'auto-efficacité de pompiers en matière de formation. Pour ce faire, 125 pompiers belges ont été interrogés via un questionnaire dérivé de la Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale avant et après leur participation à un module pédagogique. Notre étude montre qu'au terme de celui-ci, ils se sentent globalement plus efficaces (effet d'apprentissage), mais aussi que les disparités inter-sujets tendent à se réduire (effet d' équité). Il en ressort également que le parcours ou l' expérience pédagogique acquise antérieurement par certains participants influence leur sentiment d'auto-efficacité.

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Resilience Training for Firefighters

Cited by 13 publications

References 63 publications

A SWOT Analysis of the Field of Virtual Reality for Firefighter Training

A SWOT Analysis of the Field of Virtual Reality for Firefighter Training

Death in the Spanish fire services: a curriculum development study

Le sentiment d’auto-efficacité des pompiers en matière de formation

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