The rise and rise of clean, white collar (fire-fighting) work

Merilyn Childs; Michael Morris; Valerie Ingham

The rise and rise of clean, white collar (fire-fighting) work

Merilyn Childs, Michael Morris, Valerie Ingham

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Abstract

Australian newspapers, like those in other first-world countries, valorise fire-fighters through images more typically associated with heroic blue-collar ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã…"battlersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â: sweat, ash, uniforms and firestorms, punctuated with tales of heroic deeds and personal sacrifice. Yet increasingly, much of the work of fire-fighters is associated with the grunt of ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã…"clean workÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ report writing, community engagement, prevention and recovery activities, and so on. This paper considers the changing nature of career fire-fighters' work in one fire-fighting organisation in Australia, and the rising importance of ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã…"cleanÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â white-collar work to emergency management.

Original language	English
Journal	Disaster Prevention and Management
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Australia
disasters
fire fighters
labour

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