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Tool retention and fatalities in wildland fire settings: conceptualizing the naturalistic

Comparing several well-known wildfires, Weick argues for a causal connection between firefighter tool retention and fatalities. To Weick, tools are an extension of firefighter identity and to drop one’s tools is to let go of one’s identity. He…

Author(s): Karl E. Weick

Year Published: 2001

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Tool retention and fatalities in wildland fire settings: conceptualizing the naturalistic

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