A descriptive analysis of the Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey: FOCUS 3.0 survey wave
Madison E Raposa, Ashley M Geczik, Alexandra B Fisher, Victoria H Gallogly, Jin Lee, Brisa N Sánchez, Sandra L Bloom, Suzy B Gulliver, Jennifer A Taylor · 2026
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Madison E. Raposa and colleagues present results from the third FOCUS wave on safety culture in the United States fire service in a 2026 paper. The FOCUS instrument was built for fire departments, probing mental health, safety climate and leadership, safety behaviors, and organizational outcomes. Wave 3.0 added modules on leadership and mental health, reflecting where departments say the pressure sits.
The sample covered 9,078 firefighters in eighty-nine career, combination, and volunteer departments. Most respondents were male, non-officers, and non-veterans, and most departments were career services running thousands of calls. A gap appeared: supervisors scored fourteen points higher on support for safety than management scored on commitment to it. The numbers are stark, with twelve percent endorsing depression, ten percent anxiety, and nine percent reporting suicidal thoughts in the past month. Management commitment to safety tracked with leadership measures and negatively with burnout and intent to quit.
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| CREATOR | Madison E Raposa, Ashley M Geczik, Alexandra B Fisher, Victoria H Gallogly, Jin Lee, Brisa N Sánchez, Sandra L Bloom, Suzy B Gulliver, Jennifer A Taylor |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |