Safety climate in the federal fire management community: Influences of organizational, environmental, group, and individual characteristics (Abstract)

Brooke Baldauf McBride; Anne E. Black

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Safety climate in the federal fire management community: Influences of organizational, environmental, group, and individual characteristics (Abstract)

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Authors:

Brooke Baldauf McBride, Anne E. Black

Year:

2012

Type:

Abstract

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Robinson, M., comp. Program and Abstracts of 3rd Human Dimensions in Wildland Fire Conference; 17-19 April 2012; Seattle, Washington. Missoula, MT: International Association of Wildland Fire. p. 54.

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Abstract

This study examined the effects of organizational, environmental, group and individual characteristics on five components of safety climate in the US federal fire management community (HRO Practices, Leadership, Group Culture, Learning Orientation and Mission Clarity). Multiple analyses of variance revealed that all types of characteristics had a significant effect on one or more of the five components. Of particular interest was the effect of agency affiliation (an organizational characteristic), in that respondents from the National Park Service (NPS) scored significantly lower than respondents from the Forest Service (USFS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with respect to four of the five components.

Keywords

safety, fire management

Citation

McBride, Brooke Baldauf; Black, Anne E. 2012. Safety climate in the federal fire management community: Influences of organizational, environmental, group, and individual characteristics (Abstract). In: Robinson, M., comp. Program and Abstracts of 3rd Human Dimensions in Wildland Fire Conference; 17-19 April 2012; Seattle, Washington. Missoula, MT: International Association of Wildland Fire. p. 54.