Development and Validation of a Safety Compliance Scale for Fire-Based Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel
Our results suggest the EMS Safety Compliance scale is a reliable and valid measure. This scale can be used in future research to gauge safety compliance among EMS personnel in U.S. fire departments that participate in FOCUS or as a standalone measure.
Authors
- Peter Burke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-0141)
- Andrea L. Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9598-8792)
- Christian J. Resick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8974-5556)
- Ashley M. Geczik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4635-8783)
- Joseph A. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-3405)
- D. N. McKinsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5723-2409)
- Robert Borse
- Jennifer Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-4454)
- David Gefen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-9167)
- D. Alex Quistberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9730-2686)
- Jin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-7163)
Institutions
- New York City Fire Department (US)
- Kansas State University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Dallas County (US)
- Utah Department of Health (US)
- MRS Training & Rescue (GB)
- Cape Cod Healthcare (US)
- University of Utah Health Care (US)
- Philadelphia Fire Department (US)
- Drexel University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2571042
- Primary Topic
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00