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Analysis of Stress-Inducing Factors in the Firefighting Profession and Prioritization of Coping Strategies Using the AHP Method
Volume 4, Issue 2, 2023-2024, Pages 96 - 112
1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran
2 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Dezful, Iran
3 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Firefighting is a crucial profession in society that is essential for ensuring public safety and health. This job demands a great deal of skill, background, and both physical and mental preparedness. This study aims to pinpoint stressors in firefighting occupations and suggest and prioritize coping mechanisms. Through the utilization of questionnaires, articles, expert insights, and various information sources, this study explored the main stressors and discovered methods to address them. The stress factors and corresponding coping strategies are as follows: factors ( Confronting risk , watching heartbreaking scenes, irregular work shifts, heavy responsibility, lack of control); strategies (improving safety equipment and facilities, improving working conditions, promoting a supportive organizational culture, crisis planning and management, resilience training, emotion regulation training). To find the best and most effective strategy, we used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to prioritize them. The results of the study, considering all the criteria, showed that crisis planning and management ranked the highest, followed by improving safety equipment and facilities, improving working conditions, promoting a supportive organizational culture, emotion regulation training, and resilience training. Although all the strategies can have a positive impact on the negative outcomes of job stress, sometimes the conditions and resources may not allow for the implementation of all plans. For this reason, we decided to prioritize the strategies based on key criteria, and since we were dealing with multiple criteria, we chose the AHP method. Given that the weights of the options for crisis planning and management, improving safety equipment and facilities, and improving working conditions were close, it is recommended that if feasible, all three options be prioritized for implementation.
Firefighting is a crucial profession in society that is essential for ensuring public safety and health. This job demands a great deal of skill, background, and both physical and mental preparedness. This study aims to pinpoint stressors in firefighting occupations and suggest and prioritize coping mechanisms. Through the utilization of questionnaires, articles, expert insights, and various information sources, this study explored the main stressors and discovered methods to address them. The stress factors and corresponding coping strategies are as follows: factors ( Confronting risk , watching heartbreaking scenes, irregular work shifts, heavy responsibility, lack of control); strategies (improving safety equipment and facilities, improving working conditions, promoting a supportive organizational culture, crisis planning and management, resilience training, emotion regulation training). To find the best and most effective strategy, we used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to prioritize them. The results of the study, considering all the criteria, showed that crisis planning and management ranked the highest, followed by improving safety equipment and facilities, improving working conditions, promoting a supportive organizational culture, emotion regulation training, and resilience training. Although all the strategies can have a positive impact on the negative outcomes of job stress, sometimes the conditions and resources may not allow for the implementation of all plans. For this reason, we decided to prioritize the strategies based on key criteria, and since we were dealing with multiple criteria, we chose the AHP method. Given that the weights of the options for crisis planning and management, improving safety equipment and facilities, and improving working conditions were close, it is recommended that if feasible, all three options be prioritized for implementation.
Keywords :
Occupational stress, firefighting, Analytical Hierarchy Process, AHP
Occupational stress, firefighting, Analytical Hierarchy Process, AHP