The communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting

Linda L. Putnam; Jody Jahn; Anne E. Black

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The communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Linda L. Putnam, Jody Jahn, Anne E. Black

Year:

2012

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Final Report, JFSP Project Number: 10-3-01-4. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 27 p.

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Abstract

This document is a summary of a mixed methods dissertation that examined the communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting. For the dissertation, I used a two-study mixed methods approach, examining the communicative accomplishment of safety from two perspectives: high reliability organizing (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 1999), and safety climate (Zohar, 1980).

Keywords

wildland firefighting, safety

Citation

Jahn, Jody; Putnam, Linda L.; Black, Anne E. 2012. The communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting. Final Report, JFSP Project Number: 10-3-01-4. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 27 p.