Volunteer Fire Departments and Community Mobilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Lozier (West Virginia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-354 |
| Publication date | 1976-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.35.4.c41wt6j141tj30w1 |
| OpenAlex | W2168916116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
Anthropological research in northern West Virginia suggests that the volunteer fire department is a cultural institution of special importance, both symbolically and actually, in the community process. Ethnography is provided in four sections dealing with exchange or mutual aid (1) within local VFDs; (2) between a VFD and its local public; (3) between and among VFDs which compose the fire service; and (4) between the fire service as a relatively organized collectivity and the regional public. A fifth section derives implications for practical strategy in community development, suggesting specifically that performance standards and other expectations applying to local VFDs arise and are sanctioned in supralocal social structures such as the fire service. The indicated strategy emphasizes development of supralocal communications and exchanges, forging and sustaining the phenomenon of community at a supralocal level
Business · Ethnography · Institution · Local community · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Public service · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Marketing · Public Administration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Managing Coprovision
The Use of Volunteers by Governmental Social Services in Israel
'Brass Hats… from Sydney'
Forest fires
Note on Commitment and Community among Volunteer Firefighters
A Fraternity Of Danger
Work without Wages; the Motivation for Valunteer Firefighters
Volunteer Fire Departments
The Driver
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2002 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |