This article focuses on the study of organizational communication, which is a dominant
subarea of communication scholarship as recognized by the National Communication …

Background: Firefighters, paramedics, specialized nurses working in Intensive Care Units
(ICUs), Operating Rooms (OR), and Emergency Rooms (ER), police officers and military …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) use, although normally the last line of preferred hazard
control, is vital to protecting firefighters. It is vital that research identify factors that positively …

Introduction: Firefighter injuries and fatalities have been attributed to improper or ineffective
use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Although studies have examined predictors of …

Purpose Understanding the climate of safety is a core initiative of the US fire service in its
quest to reduce injuries, fatalities, and toxic exposures linked to occupational disease. The …

Firefighters are exposed to toxic chemicals not only from the fire incidents they attend, but
also from their contaminated station and/or personal protective equipment (PPE). Little is …

Firefighters suffer an increased risk of cancer from exposures to chemicals released from
fires. Our earlier research has found that fire toxicants not only remain on firefighters' PPE …

Introduction: Limited research associated with safety climate has been completed within the
fire service. Given this dearth of information, the present study sought to identify a valid and …

Firefighters are exposed to carcinogens such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during fires and from their personal protective …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to complicate and critique contemporary scholarship
on high-reliability organizations (HROs). This paper argues that although HRO scholarship …