A study of skill acquisition the Illinois fire service

When dealing with the development of skills in the fire service, there are concerns for the time required to teach the necessary skills, the type and amount of resources involved in teaching the skills, and that the skills can be performed under combat conditions. In the fire service, knots are extensively used in rescue operations. Firefighters have to be able to perform knot-tying under stress conditions. In this study, firefighters were taught to tie five knots. They varied in complexity, from the clove hitch in the middle to the rescue knot. They were taught the bowline, becket bend, clove hitch-middle, clove hitch-end, and the rescue knot.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Straseske, James Bruce

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kozoll, Charles

• Education, Adult and Continuing
• Education, Vocational

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Straseske, James Bruce

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543737
(UMI)AAI9543737

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22416