New Perspectives in Science Education

Integrated rescue system members (firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers) are affected by specific stress factors for example: intercourse with death and human suffering, health damage, or feelings of helplessness. Their work is usually psychologically, physically and emotionally demanding and they must work in shifts. It can affect couples and family relationships. A working stress can be transferred to family members. Fallowing this, as more than 50% of marriage end with divorce, it is particularly important to determine how much the performance in profession can affect family stability. Unfortunately, not only in the Czech Republic, the issue of the partner life of IZS members has been given very little attention. However, with regards to occupational health and life-safety workloads and increased work-related stress, it would be advisable to prepare IRS members and their partners for this situation. Using effective coping strategies, it could have a considerable positive impact on partners’ life, but also on the work performance of both partners as well. Of course there are also positive impacts on the whole society, because society needs this professions and its members.

Keywords: working distress, transfer of stress, couple relationships, integrated rescue system, IRS;

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