Fire Service Culture Research Paper

Fire service culture needs to change because too many firefighters are injured or killed because of simple things like not wearing seat belts or not wearing proper protective gear. Firefighters are even defending themselves in court due to cases of harassment or discrimination. It must be possible to change the culture. All of these bad outcomes are preventable, but they need to be made at the department level and not just at an individual level.
Those in the fire service or know about it will say that it can never be changed because tradition is too strong and too important. Tradition is following what previous firefighters have done and holding to their beliefs. Firefighters will also say that the culture has been the way it is for