Developing Wildland Firefighters’ Performance Capacity Through Awareness-Based Processes: A Qualitative Investigation

Waldron, Alexis L.; Ebbeck, Vicki

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“…Yukl (2014) noted that another important part in leadership development is self-reflection. In a study with wildland firefighters learning a psychological and physical awareness tool that uses reflective mechanisms, Waldron and Ebbeck (2015a) found that reflective processes helped the firefighter participants understand more about their behaviours, recognise negative triggers, and improve their outcomes socially, psychologically and physically. Thus, leadership training that emphasises reflective tools and techniques may provide opportunities for individual growth that are currently not available through other methods.…”

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Understanding the leadership perspective in wildland firefighting: gaps and opportunities for growth

Waldron

Schary

2019

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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This aim of this study was to develop and assess the viability of a leadership scale that measures leadership from the perspective of the leader. A criterion sample was used of firefighters across USA federal land management agencies who are qualified crew bosses. The Supervisor Perceived Leadership Scale (SPLS) consists of perceptions of items that have measured the most essential leadership skills – competent decision making, integrity and personal genuineness from the perspective of the subordinate in the previously developed Crewmember Perceived Leadership Scale (CPLS). Through confirmatory factor analysis, an 18-item, 2-factor structure was supported. However, the items that did not load were highly related and loaded well on the CPLS. The SPLS had a low to moderate relationship with authentic leadership and global competence. The gap between the SPLS and CPLS provides insight about the potential differences between the average fire leader and the exceptional fire leader. These results and implications for future research are discussed.

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Understanding the leadership perspective in wildland firefighting: gaps and opportunities for growth

Waldron

Schary

2019

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Environmental health of wildland firefighters: a scoping review

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Ragland,

Wood

et al. 2024

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Background Wildland firefighters are likely to experience heightened risks to safety, health, and overall well-being as changing climates increase the frequency and intensity of exposure to natural hazards. Working at the intersection of natural resource management and emergency response, wildland firefighters have multidimensional careers that often incorporate elements from disparate fields to accomplish the tasks of suppressing and preventing wildfires. Thus, they have distinctly different job duties than other firefighters (e.g., structural firefighters) and experience environmental health risks that are unique to their work. We conducted a systematic scoping review of scientific literature that addresses wildland firefighter environmental health. Our goal was to identify studies that specifically addressed wildland firefighters (as opposed to firefighters in a broader sense), geographic and demographic trends, sample sizes, patterns in analysis, and common categories of research. Results Most studies have clustered in a few highly developed countries, and in the United States within California and Idaho. Many studies fail to consider the impact that demographic factors may have on their results. The number of studies published annually is increasing and themes are broadening to include social and psychological topics; however, most authors in the field have published an average of < 3 articles. Conclusions We identify three areas that we believe are imminent priorities for researchers and policymakers, including a lack of diversity in study geography and demography, a need for more complex and interactive analyses of exposure, and prioritization of wildland firefighters in research funding and focus.

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Developing Wildland Firefighters’ Performance Capacity Through Awareness-Based Processes: A Qualitative Investigation

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

Understanding the leadership perspective in wildland firefighting: gaps and opportunities for growth

Understanding the leadership perspective in wildland firefighting: gaps and opportunities for growth

Environmental health of wildland firefighters: a scoping review

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