Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5934319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando Almeida (0000-0002-6758-4843, INESC TEC, corresponding author), José Morais (0000-0002-7924-5902, Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya), Ana Pereira (0000-0002-9372-0909, Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 285 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci11070285 |
| OpenAlex | W4283726210 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 54 |
The COVID-19 pandemic is producing not only epidemiological consequences on a global scale, but also political, economic, and social repercussions. The health care professionals that have been on the front lines fighting the pandemic need the support and assistance of other organizations to meet the many daily challenges. Volunteer firefighters stand out for their outreach approach and implementation of the Human2Human paradigm that has enabled them to meet the needs of the most vulnerable population that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic. This study adopts an ethnographic-action method considering Portuguese volunteer firefighters to explore the characteristics and relevance of these initiatives in areas such as combating isolation, medical assistance, containing the spread of COVID-19, and promoting public-private partnerships. The findings reveal that factors associated with altruism are central elements in the emergence of these initiatives, although some locally or nationally coordinated initiatives have been replicated in other contexts. It is also noteworthy that volunteer firefighters also present initiatives that can be fit into more than one category
Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Isolation (microbiology · Outreach · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Public relations · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |