Evaluation of Fire Service Command Unit Trainings

• 作者: Meinald T.Thielsch Dzenita Hadzihalilovic
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（3）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 300-315
• 页数: 16页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The lack of routine and training of command units and emergency managers is among the main causes of suboptimal decisions and could lead to serious conse-quences.To ensure optimal standards of emergency man-agement training,specific and valid evaluation tools are needed—but are lacking.Thus,the present study's purpose is to validate instruments for the evaluation of tactical and strategic leader trainings,in particular command unit trainings,based on survey data of n =288 German Com-mand Unit members.Resulting questionnaires were named"FIRE-CU" (Feedback Instrument for Rescue forces Education-Command Unit) and "FIRE-CPX" (Feedback Instrument for Rescue forces Education-Command Post eXercise scale).Results of confirmatory factor analyses show a good fit for the postulated four-dimensional struc-ture of process scales in the FIRE-CU (trainer's behavior,structure,overextension,group),for the two-dimensional structure of outcome scales in the FIRE-CU (self-rated competence,transfer),and for the one-dimensional struc-ture of the FIRE-CPX.Further,strong evidence is found for reliability as well as for convergent,divergent,and con-current validity of both the FIRE-CU and FIRE-CPX.Implications for research and practical application are also discussed to enable broad applicability in various educa-tional programs for public security and crisis management.