Burnout: personal and work factors in volunteer and career firefighters

Purpose Firefighters are daily confronted with adverse, unpredictable and demanding situations. It is a dangerous profession that puts firefighters at risk of developing burnout. Although the literature has already identified personal work-related factors burnout, examination specific explaining burnout among volunteer career still needed. The purpose this study to investigate role on firefighters’ Design/methodology/approach A nonrandom convenience sample 250 (67% volunteer; M age = 31.88) completed sociodemographic questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Proactive Coping Scale standard living subscale item. Hierarchical multiple linear regression models were tested. Fisher’s criterion was considered, p -values lower than 0.05 interpreted as statistically significant. Findings Personal accounted for 18% 31% variations in offered greater contribution Still, played by age, family responsibilities, proactive coping satisfaction found firefighters. Taking into account, working rotative shifts constituted factor Research limitations/implications This advances understanding about Originality/value adds information voluntary deepens existing knowledge work conditions,