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FIRE Feedback is online!

The survey platform FIRE Feedback online - the first survey tool for emergency services! The project was developed in a cooperation between the Department of Organizational and Business Psychology at the University of Münster (WWU) and the State Fire Institute of North Rhine-Westphalia (IdF NRW). FIRE Feedback enables the targeted and nationwide survey of emergency forces in practice.

All interested parties can register for FIRE Feedback. Users are regularly invited to participate in surveys on the topic of fire and rescue services. Registration is possible here.

Stefan Röseler
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Article in the German <> Journal

Today, an article on the FIRE project appears in the BRANDschutz Journal, the leading and oldest trade journal for the entire fire department, rescue service and environmental protection in Germany. The article contains background information and application notes on our Toolbox.

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Further Publications of FIRE-Instruments

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis management teams have been managing the effects of the pandemic on public life, e.g. in municipalities, educational institutions and companies. However, the pandemic is a completely new challenge even for experienced crisis managers. In a study with 144 members of Corona crisis management teams, we therefore examined the following questions:

  1. How does the pandemic differ from other crises?
  2. What demands do crisis management team members experience and what resources are important in this situation?
  3. What are effective/non-effective behaviors in crisis management team work during the pandemic?

The study entitled Managing Pandemics - Demands, Resources, and Effective Behaviors within Crisis Management Teams will be published in the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review. A preliminary version is already freely available here.

Stefan Röseler
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Further Publications of FIRE-Instruments

 The FIRE-B was published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management! This questionnaire can be used for the evaluation of basic training in the municipal sector, e.g. for troop man training.

After the FIRE-CU has already been published in the English-language Journal of Disaster Risk Science, the German-language ZIS documentation is now also available.

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Visit to the Crisis Unit of the District Government

In the context of our study on corona crisis units, the crisis unit of the district government of Münster had invited the FIRE team to join them. We visited the disctrict government on 21 July. In the crisis unit room we could learn more about the background of the crisis unit work of the district government and about their regular exercises. We would like to thank the district government of Münster for this exciting excursion!

Stefan Röseler
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Publication of the FIRE-CU!

The FIRE-CU which was developed in the FIRE project was published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science! With the help of this evaluation questionnaire, the quality of the training of crisis units can be reliably and precisely assessed. The article is freely accessible here.

Stefan Röseler
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Two More FIRE Scales Published!

Two further instruments developed in the FIRE project were published in the Compilation of Social Science Items and Scales (ZIS). The detailed documentation of the questionnaires for the evaluation of day events and fire training exercises is now freely accessible.

Stefan Röseler
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Current Study: Crisis Units in the Corona Pandemic

In the Corona pandemic, crisis units are dealing with the organization of public life throughout the country. The enormous dimensions of the current situation present them with special challenges.

The Department of Organizational and Business Psychology at the University of Münster and the State Fire Institute NRW are jointly conducting a study on the work of crisis units in the corona pandemic. Effective behavior and working methods are to be analyzed and typical obstacles and non-effective working methods identified. The aim is to improve staff work and training now and in the future.